OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300636
RICHARD K W TOM INC
HONOLULU, HI·
Event description
BURNED BY HOT ROOFING TAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD POURED A BUCKET OF HOT ROOFING TAR INTO THE HOPPER OF A MIXING M ACHINE. THE TAR WAS TO BE MIXED WITH VERMICULITE FOR USE IN ROOFING. HE TURNED A ND STEPPED OFF THE 18 1/4" HIGH WORK PLATFORM HE HAD BEEN STANDING ON AND PUT HI S LEFT FOOT INTO A 14" HIGH, 5 GALLON BUCKET OF HOT TAR (460 DEGREES). UNKNOWN T O HIM, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED THE BUCKET OF TAR BEHIND HIM. HE SUFFERED SEC OND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS TOES, FOOT, ANKLE AND LOWER LEG.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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