Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201761616 - Employee killed in LPG rail car explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201761616 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/15/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304506371	01/16/2002	4789	0	Tmc Engineering Services

Abstract: On January 15, 2002, Employee #1, an untrained TMC Engineering Services worker, entered a LPG rail tank car as assigned. The tank car was identified as a permit required confined space. As a result of a grinder being turned on, the tank car exploded. Employee #1 was killed, and Employee #2 was hospitalized as a result of burns.

Keywords: BURN, GRINDER, CONFINED SPACE, RAILROAD TANK CAR, EXPLOSION, LP GAS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304506371			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	304506371			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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