An employee died as a result of extensive burns to more than 50 percent of his body. The middle-aged man had been working for five months as a tank cleaner. He had been trained by a co-worker using the "hands on" approach. Although there were no written instructions for the work, the laborer was considered capable of performing the tasks. On the day of the fatal incident, he was cleaning a tanker which had been used to transport varnish. During the process of washing down the tanker with acetone, he was splattered by some of this solvent. He moved to disconnect […]