OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443302
PETROLEUM RECOVERY AND REMEDIATION MANAGEMENT, INC
CURTIS BAY, MD·
Event description
Employee is killed in fire
Investigation abstract
At 6:50 a.m. on March 7, 2022, an employee was unloading a vacuum truck into a water separation tank. The tank had reached capacity and the employee went to the pump to turn the system off to switch to the next tank. A fire erupted and the employee was covered in flames. Two additional employees came to his aid with a fire extinguisher but could not put out the blaze. The employee suffered burns all over his body and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 856
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