OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240964

BURN,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,FIRE,CRUDE OIL,SMOKING,FACE,HAND

1985-04-12T00:00:00

Event: BURN,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,FIRE,CRUDE OIL,SMOKING,FACE,HAND
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14240964
Report ID: 627700

Event description

CRUDE OIL FIRE AT TANK FARM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEES #1 & 2 WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF ROLLING CRUDE OIL, LOCATED IN A STORA APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE TANK TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS KNOWN TO BE A CHAIN SMOKER. GE TANK AT AN OIL LEASE TANK BATTERY. "ROLLING" IS A PROCESS BY WHICH CRUDE OIL FROM A TANK IS PUMPED INTO A PUMPING TRUCK TANK, THEN BACK INTO THE STORAGE TANK . THIS PROCEEDURE MIXES A CHEMICAL INTO THE OIL WHICH CAUSES SUSPENDED WATER TO SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. DURING THIS PROCESS A FIRE BROKE OUT WHICH ENG ULFED THE TWIN CRUDE OIL STORAGE TANKS, THE PUMPING TRUCK AND A PICKUP TRUCK, AL L OF WHICH WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FACE AND HANDS. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. THE FIRE WAS PROB ABLY CAUSED BY SOMEONE SMOKING DURING THE JOB. A BIC CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS FOUND

Victims (2)

#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
10

Task assigned
1
#2 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
10

Task assigned
1

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