OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377055

BURN,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,WORK RULES,FIRE,TRUCK,GASOLINE,TANK,CUTTING AND BURNING

1987-07-20T10:30:00

Event: BURN,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,WORK RULES,FIRE,TRUCK,GASOLINE,TANK,CUTTING AND BURNING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14377055
Report ID: 521700

Event description

EMPLOYEE USING CUTTING TORCH SUFFERED FATAL BURNS

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM ON JULY 20, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN OXY-ACETYLE NE TORCH TO CUT UP A TRUCK FOR SCRAP METAL. THE GASOLINE TANK AND OTHER FLAMMABL E LIQUID SYSTEMS HAD NOT BEEN CLEANED BEFORE THE CUTTING OPERATION WAS BEGUN. TH E FLAMMABLE LIQUID IGNITED, SPRAYING EMPLOYEE #1 WITH FLAMES. HE WAS BURNED OVER 72% OF HIS BODY AND DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
12

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
7

Task assigned
2

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