OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332415
BURN,LOADING,TANK TRUCK,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,FIRE,ASPHALT
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED IN ASPHALT FUME FLASH FIRE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:20 PM ON AUGUST 12, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOADING OXIDIZED AS PHALT INTO A TANK TRAILER. WHEN THE TRAILER WAS FULL THE EMPLOYEE MOVED UP TO TH E PLATFORM ABOVE THE FILL PORT TO STOP THE FLOW AND TO REMOVE THE FILL SPOUT. AN ATMOSPHERIC FLASH FIRE OCCURRED, BURNING EMPLOYEE #1 OVER 70% OF HIS BODY. HE D IED FROM HIS BURNS AROUND 4 PM ON AUGUST 15, 1985.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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