OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691485
HATFIELD FIRE PROTECTION
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employees burned by flash fire while painting
Investigation abstract
Employees were painting the stem of a supported bubble water storage tank. The p aint fumes ignited, probably by an unapproved hoist motor. Employee #1, who was inside the tank, was hospitalized with burns. Employee #2, who was at the view p ort at the bottom of the stem, was also burned.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1750
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1750
- Task assigned
- 1
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