OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170071526
BURN,STORM,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,ALCOHOL,WORK RULES,FIRE,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,LOST CONTROL
Event description
Employee dies from burns sustained in traffic accident
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on March 9, 1990, Employee #1, a plumber with B & G, and that company vehicles are to be driven straight home after work unless permi ssion is granted otherwise. Inc., finished his day's work at a construction site. Instead of going directly home, he socialized and drank alcohol with other company employees. At 7:55 p.m. , he was driving home alone in a company truck during a heavy rainstorm when his vehicle left the road, struck an electric pole, and caught on fire. Employee #1 sustained burns over 60 percent of his body. He was taken to Francis Scott Key Burn Center, where he died on March 11, 1990. The truck was in good mechanical c ondition before the accident. No alcohol was found in Employee #1's blood. B & G 's written policy is that no alcohol is permitted when driving a company truck,
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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