OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221374309
WEST COAST HOT MOP INC
YUCCA VALLEY, CA·
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
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 0
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