Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 772533 - Employee killed in petroleum tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 772533 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 10/25/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107506933	10/31/1990	1389	0	Twenty Eleven Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was servicing a 2,200 gal crude oil separator at a drilling site. In order to clean the contaminants from the bottom of the separator, Employee #1 was removing an access panel on the unit. When Employee #1 applied heat from an oxy-acetylene torch to the nuts holding the access panel on the adjacent 100 bb1 crude storage tank exploded and caught fire. Employee #1 was burned to death.

Keywords: BURN, MAINTENANCE, ACETYLENE TORCH, WORK RULES, FIRE, STORAGE TANK, CRUDE OIL, EXPLOSION, OIL WELL SERVICING, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107506933			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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