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Parent Category: Safety Info Posts

Category: Flammable Liquids

Published: 01 May 2014

Description of Incident: 

An operator was checking the level in a 500 gallon methanol storage tank:

• Tank was polyethylene plastic, double wall
• A worker climbed on top of the tank.
• Flammable vapour was ignited, when the worker touched the cap on the inner tank, resulting in an explosion and flash fire. 
• The worker received first aid for a second degree burn to the arm. 

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