{"id":5619,"date":"2022-04-25T12:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=5619"},"modified":"2022-04-25T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:37:48","slug":"maintenance-worker-dies-in-marine-terminal-tank-explosion-paranagua-port-brazil-21-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=5619","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance Worker Dies in Marine Terminal Tank Explosion  [Paranagua Port, Brazil &#8211; 21 April 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Late arriving news from Paranagua port, Brazil would have us understand that a worker performing routine maintenance on a vegetable oil storage tank was fatally injured when the tank exploded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is presumed, but unverified, that the maintenance worker was performing hot work on the tank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most vegetable oil vapors have a flash [ignition] point at around 600 degrees Fahrenheit, making it a bit easier to understand how an explosion within a confined [tank] space could be supported by introducing a substantial, sustained heat source to the tank&#8217;s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inerting <strong><em>any<\/em><\/strong> tank space before introducing a heat source is the preferred way of conducting work on the tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link to Media Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MAN-DIES-IN-EXPLOSION-IN-PARANAGUA-PORT-AREA-042122.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of MAN-DIES-IN-EXPLOSION-IN-PARANAGUA-PORT-AREA-042122..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-92781649-fa3c-4ca1-8dbc-05c9a49f82f6\" 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