Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 70040.015 - Employee is burned in a flash fire and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 70040.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 10/24/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1009418.015	11/12/2014		211111	C.C. Forbes, L.L.C.

Abstract: At 6:45 p.m. on October 24, 2014, an employee was monitoring the pressure on a well head which was being bled-off into an open-top tank. Flammable vapors were released from the open-top tank and drifted down-wind. The employee was standing down wind performing their work. The gas cloud was likely ignited by equipment that was not approved for use in hazardous locations. Fire retardant clothing was being worn. The employer did not have a lower-explosive-limit monitor. The employee was burned and killed from the flash fire.

Keywords: Burn, Fire, Gas Well, Non-PEL Overexposure, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1009418.015	57	M	Fatality

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