OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388029
ROGERS CARTAGE
TOLEDO, OH·
Event description
Employee burned in solvent fire
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was or had been spraying the inside of a semi-tank trailer with Mask Wash, a solvent with a 10 degree F flash point. He was spraying inside the tank with a spray wand on a 40 ft long by 5/16 in. in diameter rubber hose. The hose was supplied from a diesel truck fuel tank containing about 15 to 20 gallons of fuel (130 gallon tank). The tank was pressurized by a shop air line to about 15 psi. A solvent fire occurred and Employee #1 was burned. There was common elect rical wiring throughout, a gas fired caustic tank, a heater, a common extension cord with a trouble light, and a portable iron ladder hung on the rim of the tra iler dome. None was bonded to the trailer.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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