OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14468938
JIM BREWER
LIBERTY, PA·
Event description
Employee injured when asphalt tank explodes and burns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were cutting and burning an insulated asphalt tank tra iler. In the morning, they had burned and cut a large portion of the outer shell . During the afternoon work session, an explosion and fire occurred, injuring Em ployee #1. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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