OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291694
VALLEY ROOFING CORPORATION
ROANOKE, VA·
Event description
Employee burned by hot tar when pipe ruptures
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was waiting for transportation home. Another employer on the job sit e was pumping approximately 350 degree Fahrenheit tar from a tar kettle through a 40 ft pipe onto a roof. The pipe broke and splattered tar onto Employee #1's f ace, hair, neck, and hands. Employee #1 was treated by a physician for second-de gree burns on his hands and face and third-degree burns on his hands.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 654
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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