OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297444
BURN,GLOVE,CLEANING,HOT ASPHALT,HAND,ASPHALT
Event description
HAND BURNED BY HOT ASPHALT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SCRAPING A PAN NEAR A FLOW OF HOT ASPHALT. AS HE PULLED HIS HAND AWAY FROM THE PAN THE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING CAUGHT ON ONE OF THE ASPHALT APPLICA TORS. THE GLOVE WAS IMMEDIATELY FILLED WITH LIQUID ASPHALT AT ABOUT 400 DEGREES. HE SUFFERED THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER THE HAND AREA CONTACTED BY THE ASPHALT. THE ASPHALT APPLICATORS WERE EQUIPPED WITH VALVES, BUT THE VALVES WERE SO SMALL THE Y COULD NOT BE EASILY OPERATED WITH BULKY GLOVES ON. THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO USE GLO VES TO AVOID BEING BURNED BY THE HOT ASPHALT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT EXTENSION HANDL ES WERE ADDED TO THE APPLICATORS SO THAT THE EMPLOYEE COULD STOP THE ASPHALT FLO W BEFORE ATTEMPTING CLEANING OPERATIONS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 753
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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