Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953794 - Employee killed in gasoline storage tank explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 953794 -- Report ID: 0355119 -- Event Date: 11/15/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3335874	11/15/1991	5093	0	Enviornmental Options Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 15, 1991, Employee #1 had just started to cut an access hole in the end of an 8,000 gallon gasoline storage tank with oxygen and acetylene equipment. Gasoline vapors ignited, causing an explosion that blew off the end of the tank. Employee #1 was killed. The gasoline storage tank was to be decontaminated and scrapped; however, it was not purged before Employee #1 started cutting.

Keywords: ACETYLENE TORCH, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, STORAGE TANK, EXPLOSION, GASOLINE, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3335874			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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