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3575 STATE HIGHWAY 13, ST PAUL, MN 55122
Standard 19100252 D03 I
Initial $550
Standard 19100252 D02 XIIIC
Standard 19100252 D02 XIVA
Standard 19100252 E03 I
EMPLOYEES BURNED IN TANK EXPLOSION AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR A LEAKING SEAM ON A DIESEL FUEL TANK. HE BE GAN TO ARC WELD THE FUEL TANK SEAM WITHOUT PROPERLY VENTING OR CLEANING THE FUEL TANK. AT APPROXIMATLY 8:59 AM THE FUEL TANK EXPLODED. THE ENSUING FIREBALL ENGU LFED EMPLOYEE #1, SETTING HIS CLOTHING ON FIRE. HE RAN ABOUT 50 FEET TO THE OFFI CE AREA, WHERE EMPLOYEE #2 ATTEMPTED TO SMOTHER THE FIRE WITH A FIRE BLANKET. EM PLOYEE #1'S SHIRT WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY CONSUMED BY FIRE BY THIS TIME. THE SHIRT W AS A MADE OF A SYNTHETIC MATERIAL WHICH STUCK TO EMPLOYEE #2'S HANDS AS HE ATTEM PTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.
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