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Worker Killed In Fall From Oil Tank, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Worker Killed In Fall From Oil Tank, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Falls
A 50-year-old male was killed when he fell from the top of a 12-foot high oil tank. The victim was an oil gauger for a company that transports crude oil. His job was to obtain samples of the oil to check its quality. On the day of the incident he was to check the oil at a site located about 100 miles from his office. He was an experienced gauger and had been to this site many times before. This company owned four cylinder-shaped oil tanks. Three of the tanks were 15 feet high and one was 12 feet high …