OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690222
DOLAN PAINTING & SIDING
SPRING VALLEY, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN BOOM BUCKET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN A BOOM BUCKET, APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, PREPAR ING A BARN FOR PAINTING BY CLEANING IT WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER. THERE WAS AN EX PLOSION AND FLASH FIRE THAT ENVELOPED EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE BUCKET. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF HE FELL, JUMPED, OR CAME DOWN IN THE BOOM BUCKET. THE BODY WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND UNDER THE BOOM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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