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Seven Key Lessons to Prevent Worker Deaths During Hot Work In and Around Tanks
The CSB has identified over 60 fatalities since 1990 due
to explosions and fires from hot work activities on tanks.
Hot work is defined as ?[w]ork involving burning, welding,
or a similar operation that is capable of initiating fires or
explosions.?1 Hot work also includes other activities with
the potential to create a source of ignition such as cutting,
brazing, grinding, and soldering. Workers are potentially at
risk not only in the oil and gas industry, where flammables
are handled regularly, but also in many other sectors within
general industry, such as food production, paper, and
wastewater treatment.

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