OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467179
BURN,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,FIRE,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,GASOLINE,HORSEPLAY,GAS CAN
Event description
Employee burned during refueling of forklift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 10, 1984, Employees #1 and #2 were refueli ng a forklift with gasoline from an open 5 gallon plastic bucket. Employee #2 li t a cigarette lighter 10 inches away from the open bucket. The gasoline vapors i gnited and Employee #1 dropped the bucket, which still contained 2 gallons of ga soline. Employee #1 was engulfed in flames as he jumped off the forklift, sustai ning burns over 60 percent of his body. In a signed statement, Employee #2, age 18, stated that he lit the lighter as a joke, trying to scare Employee #1. The p lastic bucket, a completely open container, was not an approved safety can.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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