Accident Report Detail
Accident: 37656.015 - Employee Using Torch Causes Explosion And Is Killed
Accident: 37656.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 01/03/2013 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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810321.015 | 01/04/2013 | Herod Industries Inc. | |||||
At approximately 10:27 a.m. on January 3, 2013, Employee #1 was connecting a tanker truck to a 300 barrel tank to offload produced water from an oil well. The hose and connection were frozen and he used a propane torch to heat up the hose to allow it to bend to make the connection with the tank. While heating the hose an explosion occurred and Employee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
torch, explosion, fire, oil well drilling/servicing, natural gas, combustible liquid
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 810321.015 | 49 | M | Fatality | Concussion | Water and sewage treatment plant operators |