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Accident Summary Nr: 982140 - REFINERY EMPLOYEE DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION FIGHTING A FIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 982140 -- Report ID: 0257260 -- Event Date: 05/07/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108089152	05/08/1990	4931	0	Triangle Engineers & Contractors Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OVERCOME BY TOXIC FUMES FROM SMOKE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH A FIRE AT THE BASE OF THE FLARE (TORCH) AREA, AT THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CARIBBEAN PETROLEUM CORP. PLANT. AN ELECTRICAL CONTROLLER HAD FAILED TO REGULATE THE FLOW OF LIQUIDS, CAUSING AN OVERFLOW DISCHARGE OF UNBURNED HYDROCARBON LIQUIDS AND GASES THAT COLLECTED AT THE BASE OF THE FLARE. THE OVERFLOW SOMEHOW CAUGHT FIRE. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION WHEN HE USED A PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT CLOSE RANGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, FIRE, INHALATION, TOXIC FUMES, REFINERY, SMOKE INHALATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108089152			Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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