Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312926280 - Enterprise Products Transportation Company, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Houston South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 312926280

Report ID: 0626700

Date Opened: 02/09/2011

Site Address:
Enterprise Products Transportation Company, Llc
920 South Gulf Blvd
Freeport, TX 77542

Mailing Address:
1100 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4231

NAICS: 488490/Other Support Activities for Road Transportation

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 04/26/2011

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/10/2012

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101934404

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	29			3		32
Current Violations	9			12		21
Initial Penalty	$160,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$160,000
Current Penalty	$57,000	$0	$0	$43,000	$0	$100,000
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	5A0001	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
2.	01002	Serious	19100023 C01	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$4,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01003	Serious	19100024 B	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$4,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
4.	01004	Serious	19100037 B05	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$3,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
5.	01005A	Serious	19100038 C05	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
6.	01005B	Serious	19100038 D	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
7.	01006	Other	19100106 D07 IV	08/04/2011	08/16/2011	$4,000	$4,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
8.	01007	Serious	19100132 F01 I	08/04/2011	08/16/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
9.	01008	Other	19100134 C03	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$3,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
10.	01009A	Serious	19100134 D01 I	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
11.	01009B	Serious	19100134 D01 III	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
12.	01010	Serious	19100134 K01	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
13.	01011A	Serious	19100146 D04 I	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
14.	01011B	Serious	19100146 D05 III	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
15.	01012	Serious	19100146 D09	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
16.	01013	Other	19100147 C03 I	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
17.	01014	Serious	19100147 C04 II	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
18.	01015	Serious	19100147 C06 I	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$0	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
19.	01016A	Other	19100147 D03	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
20.	01016B	Serious	19100147 D04 I	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
21.	01017	Other	19100151 C	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$2,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
22.	01018	Serious	19100157 C01	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$3,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
23.	01019	Serious	19100178 L01 I	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$5,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
24.	01020A	Serious	19100178 P01	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
25.	01020B	Serious	19100178 Q07	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
26.	01021	Other	19100303 B02	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$1,000	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
27.	01022	Other	19100305 G01 IVA	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$3,000	$4,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
28.	01023	Serious	19100305 G02 III	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
29.	01024	Serious	19100307 C	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
30.	01025	Serious	19100334 A02 I	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$5,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
31.	01026	Serious	19101200 F05	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
32.	01027	Serious	19101200 F08	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$4,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
33.	01028	Serious	19101200 G08	08/04/2011	08/18/2011	$0	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
34.	01029	Serious	19101200 H03	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$0	$7,000	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
35.	01030A	Other	19100023 C01	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$4,000	$0	$0	08/25/2011	Q - National Office Adjustment
36.	01030B	Other	19100024 B	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	Q - National Office Adjustment
37.	01031A	Other	19100305 G02 III	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$5,000	$0	$0	08/25/2011	Q - National Office Adjustment
38.	01031B	Other	19100334 A02 I	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	Q - National Office Adjustment
39.	01032A	Other	19101200 F05	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$7,000	$0	$0	08/25/2011	Q - National Office Adjustment
40.	01032B	Other	19101200 H03	08/04/2011	09/20/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	Q - National Office Adjustment
41.	02001	Other	19100134 D03 IIIB2	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision
42.	02002	Other	19100134 I04 I	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
43.	02003	Other	19100134 I04 II	08/04/2011	08/30/2011	$0	$0	$0	08/25/2011	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201925377

Event: 02/07/2011

Employee Is Asphyxiated after Fall Into Tank; Later Dies

On February 7, 2011, Employee #1, a tank wash lead man, was cleaning the interior and exterior of a tank truck (Brenner Tank, Model SS Transport, VIN 10BFV7212NF0A3251) in wash bay 1 at Enterprise Products Transportation Company, LLC. He opened the manway and connected a compressed air hose to the rear washout coupling to ventilate the tank. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Employee #1 was found unresponsive inside the tanker truck immediately beneath the main manway hatch by an assistant tank washer working in wash bay 2. An alarm was sounded, and a coworker entered the tank and removed Employee #1. He was transported by ambulance to a nearby community hospital and later airlifted to a Houston hospital. Employee #1 died the next day. The product reported to have last been in the tanker truck was Dow Styrofoam(TM) RS 2030 Polyol. This chemical was a urethane-based product that was a mixture of 9 or more chemicals, including a number of oxirane, amine, oxide, formaldehyde and phthalate molecular compounds. MSDS information indicated Dow and ACGIH exposure limits as low as TWA of 0.05 ppm (skin) and STEL 0.15 ppm (skin). The MSDS information also indicated that in confined areas, the vapor can easily accumulate and cause unconsciousness and death due to displacement of oxygen (vapor pressure 27.2 psi & 32 deg C). The chemical was off-loaded from the tank trailer at a customer site using nitrogen. Residual nitrogen in the tank, combined with the chemical's oxygen displacing characteristics, could produce an oxygen-deficient atmosphere at the manway opening. The employees who rescued Employee #1 stated that a water hose used to test the product inside the tankers - to see if old water washing would remove the product - was found running and dangling on the side of the tanker, and the Employee #1's flashlight was found inside the tanker. Apparently, Employee #1 positioned himself over the open manway to peer inside the tanker, was overcome, and fell into the tank.

Keywords: TANK TRUCK, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, VENTILATION, CONFINED SPACE, TANK CLEANING, NITROGEN, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TANK, CHEMICAL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312926280			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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