Hotwork & Tank Truck Explosion II

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CAUTION!!!  One photo may be upsetting to some viewers.

Professionals who work in the industry blame the company for the explosion of the tank trailer, which left two people killed. The accident occurred around 9:30 am on Monday, October 29, according to calculations of the residents, who heard the noise and saw their houses shook with the explosion. In the accident, the mechanic, 59, and his stepson, 26, both died. Both worked doing welding tank trailers for company, which provides services to Petrobras in oil transportation. Among the professionals who work in the business, the feeling is that there negligence of the company that owns the truck.

The vehicle was supposed to spend the night being washed with steam before bringing forth to the shop to do the welding. “Missed tank cleaning to do this kind of operation,” he says. “Whenever there’s this, they bring a document stating that steam was applied, only this time it did not happen”

One of the workers was launched from the top of the tank and down the other street and the other, also released with the explosion, fell under the trailer body, dying moments later.

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