A worker loading a tank truck at a petrochemical plant was killed by an explosion which was apparently set off by electrostatic ignition. He had just written and passed his safety exams the month before. According to the investigators the employee disregarded nearly all of the safety rules for loading petrochemicals. He had the motor of his pickup truck still running while he loaded the tanker. He did not block the wheels of the bigger truck. He failed to hook up grounding cables to the tanker. He didn't hook a safety line to himself. And he had probably blocked the spring […]