OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672899
AIRWAYS INC.
DAVENPORT, IA·
Event description
Employees burned by flash fire in paint booth pit
Investigation abstract
On August 1, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were in department 790 to peel coat the p sustained 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-degree burns over 65 percent of his body and was hospitalized. Employee #2 sustained 1st- and 2nd-degree burns on his left arm an d hand. it in the spray paint booth. The employees could not turn on the booth's lights and ventilation system, but did not request assistance from security personnel. The employees took two trouble lights from their truck and plugged them into out lets. Employee #2 started peel coating. After he had completed about one-third o f the operation, Employee #1 took over. After a period of time, Employee #2 took over the peel coating while Employee #1 covered the pit lights with bags. At ap proximately 12:30 p.m. Employee #2 was finishing the peel coating and Employee # 1 was about 15 feet behind him when a flash fire erupted in the pit. Employee #1
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0040
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0040
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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