OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14459531
FIRE,TRUCK,GAS LEAK,SPARK,GASOLINE,CUTTING AND BURNING
Event description
DUMP TRUCK LEAKED GASOLINE, CAUGHT ON FIRE
Investigation abstract
THE GASOLINE TANK OF A STATE DUMP TRUCK WAS FILLED OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP IN COLD W OF TRUCKS ARE DRAINED BY GRAVITY. THE GASOLINE IS THEN STORED IN GASOLINE CANS. APPROVED GASOLINE CANS WERE OBSERVED ON SITE AS WELL AS AN ELECTRIC PUMP. EATHER. THE TRUCK, WITH FULL TANK OF GASOLINE (35 GALLONS) WAS THEN DRIVEN INTO THE SHOP. THE TRUCK'S GAS TANK WAS THEN COVERED WITH A FIRE BLANKET. THE EMPLOYE ES THEN STARTED CUTTING THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK WITH A CUTTING TORCH. THE GASOLIN E IN THE TANK EXPANDED IN THE WARM AIR, EXPANDED, AND BEGAN TO LEAK OUT OF THE T OP OF THE TANK ONTO THE FLOOR. SPARKS FROM THE CUTTING OPERATION FELL TO THE FLO OR AND INGITED THE GASOLINE. VIOLATION OF 29CFR 1910.252 (D) (1) (I). THE EMPLOY EE'S COMPLAINT THAT NO PROPER EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE TO REMOVE GASOLINE FROM TH E TRUCKS IS UNFOUNDED. THE AUTOMOTIVE SUPERVISOR STATED THAT THE GASOLINE TANKS
Victim
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
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- Occupation code
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- Human factor
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- Environmental factor
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- Task assigned
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