OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341556

BURN,RESPIRATORY,BARGE,VENTILATION,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,SPRAY PAINTING,WELDING

1987-06-19T00:00:00

Event: BURN,RESPIRATORY,BARGE,VENTILATION,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,SPRAY PAINTING,WELDING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14341556
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee dies after being burned in flash fire

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was spray painting inside the hold of a barge with an airless spray gun. When a coworker began welding the hatch cover of an adjacent hold, a flash fire occurred that burned Employee #1. He died of related causes (bronchial pneu monia) two and one half weeks later.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
4

Event type
12

Source
16

Occupation code
579

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
11

Task assigned
2

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