OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301543
MCC INC
ALBUQUERQUE, NM·
Event description
Employee burned when leaking gasoline ignites
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:10 a.m. on July 11, 1988, Employee #1, a service truck opera tor, was reeling in a gasoline hose onto a 1986 Ford 700 flatbed truck that had been converted to a service truck by his employer. Gasoline began spewing from t he hose onto the ground and onto the front of Employee #1's body. The gasoline v apors ignited, and Employee #1 caught fire. He sustained second- and third-degre e burns over 40 percent of his body and was hospitalized for 19 days. Apparently , the gasoline nozzle separated from the hose and the spraying gasoline was then ignited by exhaust from an air compressor that was powering the fuel pumps.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 12
- Task assigned
- 1
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