Accident Report Detail
Accident: 950428 - One Employee Killed, One Injured In Fuel Tank Explosion
Accident: 950428 -- Report ID: 0355122 -- Event Date: 02/18/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125469817 | 02/18/1997 | 1799 | W.E.L., Inc. | ||||
Employees #1 and #2 were dismantling a 10 ft by 17 1/2 ft gasoline storage tank using acetylene cutting torches when the tank exploded. Shrapnel from the tank decapitated Employee #1 and seriously injured his coworker. Employee #2 is currently at the University of Virginia Burn Center, and is not expected to survive. The tank had not been vented or purged, nor had the level been checked. | |||||||
Keywords:
acetylene torch, dismantling, work rules, construction, storage tank, explosion, struck by, flying object, decapitated, cutting and burning
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Tower, tank, storage elevator | Demolition | Under $50,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 125469817 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Fire/explosion |
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2 | 125469817 | Fatality | Amputation | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Fire/explosion |