OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377055
OREN ANDERSON MFG. COMPANY
CHICAGO, IL·
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
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#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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