Flash Fire inside process vessel – “splashing filling” into an alcohol atmosphere

On July 7, 2020, an employee, 33, was standing on a ladder pouring caramel color from its storage container into a 500-gallon batch of rum that was being made in a 1250-gallon tank of alcohol (type unknown). As the employee began to pour the caramel, a flash occurred due to an electrostatic discharge contacting the alcohol vapors, which caused…

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