Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 801050 - Employee killed in drum explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 801050 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 05/20/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124668245	06/20/1995	4213	0	Tommy Jordan Trucking Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on his own on a Saturday when the company was closed. He had obtained three 55-gallon metal drums from an unknown source. He was using an oxyacetylene torch to cut off the tops of the barrels to make two doghouses and a trash burner for a neighbor. Employee #1 had cut the tops off two drums and when he attempted to cut the third, it blew up. He died of second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body. It is not known what was in the drums to have caused the explosion. Employee #1 was not an employee of the company.

Keywords: BURN, ACETYLENE TORCH, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, DRUM, EXPLOSION, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124668245			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Bus, truck and stationary engine mechanics

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