Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 708990 - EXPLOSION AND FIRE, TANK TRAILERS

Accident Summary Nr: 708990 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/05/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102088770	04/07/1986	4731	0	Whitmer Brothers Ltd

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED ABOUT ONE WEEK, WAS EITHER WORKING OR STANDING BETWEEN TWO TANK TRAILERS (A 40 FOOT BEALL AND A 27 FOOT COWBOY PUP). THE TRAILERS WERE JOINED END TO END AND HOOKED UP TO A TRACTOR. THE FIRST TRAILER EXPLODED, FOLLOWED BY AN EXPLOSION OF THE REAR TRAILER. BOTH TRAILERS THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE TRAILERS HAD PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED CRUDE OIL, AND HAD BEEN UNLOADED ABOUT 40 HOURS BEFORE. REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE INTERIM. THE EMPLOYEE PROBABLY DIED INSTANTLY. AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, NO SOURCE OF IGNITION HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.

Keywords: FLAMMABLE VAPORS, FIRE, EXPLOSION, TRAILER, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102088770			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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