Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 677062 - Employee killed when crushed by falling wall

Accident Summary Nr: 677062 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101374643	10/22/1987	2821	0	Goodson Polymers, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on the outside of a building, where he had been wetting down styrene monomer holding tanks with a water hose for about 10 minutes. A pressure relief disc on one of the tanks released, sending flammable vapors around the other tanks and into the building. Employee #1 was running away from the tanks and toward the building when the vapors found an ignition source and exploded. The building was blown apart and the back wall fell onto the employee, killing him. Employee #1 had been doing this job for two years.

Keywords: WALL, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, EXPLOSION, TANK, PRESSURE RELEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101374643			Fatality	Concussion	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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