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Accident: 570283 - Tank Ruptured, Killing Employee

Accident: 570283 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 07/22/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
124562007/26/19856515Paradise Park
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FILLING LPG TANKS FOR A TRAILER PARK. ONE TANK WAS OLD AND RUSTED AROUND THE BOTTOM. WHILE FILLING THIS LPG TANK, THE BOTTOM RUPTURED AND THE PRESSURE OF THE ESCAPING GAS PROPELLED THE TANK INTO THE AIR. IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM.
Keywords: head, rupture, lp gas, lpg container, struck by, trailer, tank
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1245620 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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