OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470728
W. R. MEADOWS OF PA, INC.
YORK, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when burned by hot asphalt
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was opening or had just opened a horizontal water tank when its end broke open, releasing 6,000 gallons of 400 degree F asphalt. Employee #1 suffere d second- and third-degree burns over 85 percent of his body. He died as a resul t of his burns and ensuing respiratory problems.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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