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Tank Exploded and Kills Worker
Posted on August 21, 2011 by Ronald Todd
Explosion during Structural Steel Erection
Workers were installing brackets to a fuel storage tank. While they were wielding the brackets, the tank was half full and had explosive vapors. A spark during the wielding process ignited the vapors. The ensuing explosion killed one worker and severely injured another.
Preventing Construction Fatalities from Explosions
- Contractors must instruct workers in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their environment to control or eliminate construction site hazards (29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)).
- Contractors are responsible to require the use of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to construction site hazards (29 CFR 1926.28(a)).
- Wielding, cutting or heating must not be performed when there is a risk of an explosion as a result of these activities.
- Containers must be cleaned to eliminate any toxic or flammable substances from it before wielding, cutting or heating is undertaken (29 CFR 1926.352(i)).
Contact a Construction Accident Law Firm
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