Industry Summary
The Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing industry is experiencing greater than average employment growth as of late. In 2014 the government estimated a total of 10,582 workers, then just 12 months later it had climbed to 11,087, an increase of 4.77%. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
On Monday, October 10th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Inver Grove Heights, MN after learning of an incident at Chs Inc. which had occured on the same day. A 61 year old man working as a Truck driver was killed on the job when the
Accident Date2016-10-10
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 12:00 a.m. on October 10, 2016, an employee was transferring ethanol from storage tanks to a semi-trailer tanker. The ethanol ignitied and the employee was killed from burns.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, October 10th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Inver Grove Heights, MN which had occured previously at Chs Inc.. A 61 year old man working as a Truck driver was killed on the job when the
Accident Date2016-10-10
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 12:00 a.m. on October 10, 2016, an employee was transferring ethanol from storage tanks to a semi-trailer tanker. The ethanol ignitied and the employee was killed from burns.
The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, October 10th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Council Bluffs, IA which had occured previously at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy. A 61 year old Truck driver had been killed when the employee was burned and killed when ethanol ignited while loa
Accident Date2016-10-10
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 12:00 a.m. on October 10, 2016, an employee was transferring ethanol from st orage tanks to a semi-trailer tanker. The ethanol ignitied and the employee was killed from burns.