Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 801357 - Employee Killed In Gas Tank Explosion

**Accident: 801357 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 03/03/1996**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
120486824	03/05/1996	7519	B & K Trucking

Employee #1 was cutting a gas storage tank with an oxy/acetylene torch when the gasoline vapors ignited. The end of the tank blew off, striking and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: acetylene torch, flammable vapors, work rules, explosion, struck by, flying object, tank, cutting and burning

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	120486824			Fatality	Other	Roasting and baking machine operators, food

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