OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379911
KOCH FUELS, INC. DBA KOCH ASPHALT CO.
NORTH BEND, OH·
Event description
3 EMPLOYEES BURNED WHEN HAT ASPHALT SPILLED ONTO THEM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1, 2, AND 3 WERE REMOVING A MANWAY COVER AT THE BOTTOM OF AN ASPHALT ERE NOT AS SEVERE. STORAGE TANK SO THAT THEY COULD REPAIR A BROKEN BOARD GAGE. THE TANK WAS 35 FEET HIGH AND 12 FEET IN DIAMETER, THE MANWAY WAS 39 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND SECURED BY FORTY-TWO 3/4 INCH BOLTS. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS REMOVING BOLTS, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BEN DING OVER, PICKING UP NUTS AND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE AREA TO OB TAIN SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. THE LOG BOOK INDICATED THAT THE TANK WAS EMPTY, BUT THERE WERE ACTUALLY 15,000 GALLONS OF HOT ASPHALT REMAINING. INTERNAL PRESSU RE CAUSED THE MANWAY TO BULGE OUTWARD, ALLOWING HOT ASPHALT TO BE SPRAYED ONTO T HE THREE EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEE #3'S BURNS W
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0290
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0290
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0290
- Task assigned
- 1
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