OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236897
MUSTANG METALS
SPARKS, NV·
Event description
AUTOMOBILE GAS TANK EXPLODED; EMPLOYEE BURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MANUALLY REMOVING PIECES OF SCRAP METAL FROM A CONVEYOR BELT WHI MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NECESSARY. CH DELIVERED THE MATERIAL FROM AN AUTOMOBILE SHREDDER. THE SHREDDER HAS A LARGE ROTATING DRUM WHICH SHREDS ENTIRE CARS INTO SMALL PIECES OF SCRAP. EMPLOYEE #1 W AS STATIONED BEHIND A PLEXIGLASS SHIELD NEXT TO THE CONVEYOR BELT AND WAS ASSIGN ED THE TASK OF REMOVING CERTAIN PIECES FROM THE BELT AS THEY PASS. GASOLINE TANK S ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CARS BEFORE THEY ARE FED INTO THE SHREDDER . HOWEVER, A CAR WAS FED THROUGH WITH ITS FUEL TANK STILL IN PLACE. AS THE TANK ENTERED THE SHREDDER, IT EXPLODED, SENDING A FLASH OF HEAT UP THE CONVEYOR TOWAR D EMPLOYEE #1. HE SUFFERED FIRST DEGREE BURNS ON HIS WRISTS AND RIGHT CHEEK. NO
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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