OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486500
DITMAS OIL ASSOCIATES INC.
L.I.C., NY·
Event description
Two employees injured in gasoline fire
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:15 a.m. on December 28, 1986, gasoline was being transferred from a barge to a storage tank. Employees #1 and #2 were in the dispatcher's off ice when a truck driver arrived at the plant and observed gasoline spilling over the retaining wall of the tank. A dispatcher notified the barge captain to stop pumping. Approximately 5,000 gal of gasoline had spilled into the yard and onto the street. A kerosene pilot light on nearby railroad tracks ignited the fumes and a ball of fire went into the plant yard. Employees #1 and #2 sustained burns on their faces, hands, necks, and arms and were admitted to a burn unit in New York.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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