The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Worker killed in tanker tragedy
FORFAR: 29-year-old man dies in accident at fuel depot
A 29-year-old worker has died following a horrific accident involving an oil tanker in Forfar yesterday.
A full-scale emergency response including the air ambulance was scrambled after the alarm was raised around 10.30am.
Part of the A90 beside the Orchardbank Industrial Estate site was closed to allow easy access for the emergency vehicles and the area was cordoned off for several hours.
Last night a spokesman for Police Scotland said: “Police Scotland, along with other emergency services were called to Orchardbank Business Park in Forfar at 10.30am where sadly a 29-year-old man died.
“His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with them.
“Inquiries are continuing and officers are liaising with the Health and Safety Executive.
“As with all sudden deaths, a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
An Oilfast spokesman said it would be inappropriate to comment.
A police van remained at the yard last night after the office closed.
The six-wheel tanker remained cordoned off in the north-east corner of the site.
A 29-year-old man has died following an industrial accident in Forfar.
A full-scale emergency response was mounted at an industrial estate after the tragic accident involving an oil tanker.
Police, fire and rescue and ambulance services, including the air ambulance, were scrambled to the Oilfast depot in Orchardbank Industrial Estate when the alarm was raised shortly before 10.30am.
Part of the A90 beside the site was closed to allow easy access for the emergency vehicles and the area was cordoned off for several hours.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said last night: “Police Scotland, along with other emergency services, were called to Orchardbank Business Park in Forfar at 10.30am where sadly a 29-year-old man died.
“His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with them.
“Inquiries are continuing and officers are liaising with the Health and Safety Executive.
“As with all sudden deaths a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
“We dispatched an ambulance crew, our special operations response team and an air ambulance to the scene
Oilfast is a domestic and commercial fuel provider, with depots across Scotland.
A road which leads to the Oilfast depot and the Guide Dogs Scotland centre was closed off by police as the fire service dealt with the incident.
Firefighters left the scene at about 2.30pm and the road was reopened.
Police tape was then placed around the tanker as officers remained on site. The depot then appeared to return to normal operations as it accepted a delivery.
There were some traffic issues on the nearby A90 as a result of the tragedy, with lane restrictions in place. This cleared up in the early afternoon.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We received a call at 10.25am to attend an incident at Orchardbank Industrial Estate, Forfar.
“We dispatched an ambulance crew, our special operations response team and an air ambulance to the scene.”
A fire and rescue spokeswoman said they were “assisting the ambulance service”.
Two appliances, one from Forfar and another from Dundee’s Macalpine Road, were called to the scene.
An Oilfast spokesman said it would be inappropriate to comment “at this time”.
Workers in the buildings could shed no further light on what had happened.
A police van remained at the yard last night after the office closed.
A six-wheel tanker was cordoned off in the north-east corner of the site.