OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170253173
FLAMMABLE LIQUID,WORK RULES,FIRE,EXPLOSION,COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID,INCINERATOR,STRUCK BY,GASOLINE
Event description
Two employees injured when struck by incinerator door
Investigation abstract
At 8:00 a.m. on January 29, 1990, Employees #1 and #2 were assigned to light a w ood-burning incinerator. This was not among their normal duties. When the incine rator was loaded with paper and wooden pallets, Employee #1 took a 5-gallon plas tic bucket partially filled with gasoline and soaked the paper and pallets. He t hen lit a small piece of paper, threw it through the open incinerator door, and tried to close it. The gas ignited, causing the door to fly open and strike both employees. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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