Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 687798 - Employee is killed by vapor explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 687798 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 02/28/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105928378	03/14/1990	4231	0	L T Harnett Trucking Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a truck installing a plug in the lid of compartment #1. As the employee used a Benzomatic torch, vapors from inside the truck ignited and exploded. Employee #1 was knocked to the ground. He died of injuries sustained in the fall and 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns.

Keywords: BURN, INSTALLING, VAPOR, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, TORCH, EXPLOSION, TRUCK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105928378			Fatality	Concussion	Machinery maintenance occupations

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