OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542393
S.P. PETROLEUM TRANSPORTERS, INC.
ELLENWOOD, GA·
Event description
Employee severely burned in tank explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 works for a company that buys and sells used motor oil. Ninety perce nt of the used oil is combustible; ten percent is flammable. Employee #1, a chai n smoker, was transferring used fuel from one truck to another. It is believed t hat Employee #1 climbed on the truck to open the top hatch. When the hatch was o pen, his lighted cigarette ignited the vapors, causing an explosion inside the t ank truck. Employee #1 was severely burned on the upper half of his body.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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