Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 982462 - Employee injured in fall from platform after explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 982462 -- Report ID: 0257220 -- Event Date: 06/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108079799	06/23/1989	2952	0	Caguas Asphalt Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were at the west section of a storage tank installing a feedup tube for kerosene when an explosion occurred at the east section of the tank where stored tar heated up to 300 degrees F. Employee #1 fell from the working platform and fractured a bone in his leg.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, EXPLOSION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108079799			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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