Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 743708 - Employee severely burned while cleaning oil tank, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 743708 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 05/01/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103823811	05/01/1991	7699	0	Industrial Technology
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103823803	05/01/1991	2911	0	Chevron Usa
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103821179	05/01/1991	1389	0	Industrial Technology

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on May 1, 1991, Employee #1 was removing an approximately 4 foot thick layer of asphalt-coke from the inside bottom of an approximately 16,630 gallon storage tank, #177b, that had contained FCC feed unhydrofined-heat medium oil. Employee #1 was using Chevron light cycle oil, an ingredient of Chevron diesel fuel No. 2, from a hose to loosen and soften the sediment. While he was doing this, there was a fire inside the tank. Employee #1 received 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-degree burns over 90 percent of his body. He died on June 1, 1991.

Keywords: CLEANING, BURN, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, STORAGE TANK, CONFINED SPACE, OIL WELL DRILLING, ASPHALT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103823811	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	103823803			Occupation Not Listed
3	103821179			Occupation Not Listed

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