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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221374309

WEST COAST HOT MOP INC

Event
Burn, Fall, Hot Tar, Splashed
NAICS
562910
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345436828
Employer profile
WEST COAST HOT MOP INC
Summary number
221374309
Report ID
0950633

Event description

Employee is killed when burned by tar

Investigation abstract

At 8:05 a.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee was entering a job-site carrying a bucket of tar when he miss-stepped causing him to fall forward. As the employee fell, hot tar splashed on him resulting in severe burns to multiple parts of his body from which he died.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    0

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