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Accident Summary Nr: 802207 - One employee killed, one injured in tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 802207 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/04/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126481621	12/04/1995	5093	0	Oss Metals, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 4, 1995, Employees #1 and #2 were cutting an old underground fuel storage tank with an oxyacetylene torch. The tank had not been properly cleaned or tested for flammable vapors. When Employee #1 put the torch to the tank, the vapors ignited and the tank exploded. The end blew off, striking Employee #1 and knocking him 25 feet from the tank. He sustained fatal injuries to the abdomen and legs. Employee #2 was found 37 feet away in a trench. He was hospitalized with leg fractures. A willful citation of T8CCR 1910.252(a)(3)(i) was issued for not cleaning the tank. Other citations were issued for hazard communication, including T8CCR 1910.1200(e)(1), T8CCR 1910.1200 (e)(l)(i) and T8CCR 1910.1200(h).

Keywords: FRACTURE, ACETYLENE TORCH, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, STORAGE TANK, WELDING, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126481621			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters
2	126481621			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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