Small-scale (limited) fire · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smith Tank & Steel, 11842 River Road, SAINT ROSE, LOUISIANA 70087
on , Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
Two employees were working on an empty above-ground 2,500-barrel crude oil tank. Employee 1 was welding while employee 2 was watching. Employee 1 saw fire behind the welding smoke and notified employee 2. Before they could get off the tank, they both fell in the tank and sustained burns from the fire.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableTanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space