OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691808
TRANSJORDAN LANDFILL
WEST JORDAN, UT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED WHEN SPARK IGNITED FLAMMABLE VAPORS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 STRUCK A SPARK-PRODUCING BIC BUTANE LIGHTER WITHIN AN ENCLOSED ATMOS PHERE WITH THE INTENT OF LIGHTING A CIGARETTE. IT APPEARS THAT FLAMMABLE VAPORS HAD BEEN RELEASED INTO THE AREA, AND THE SPARK FROM THE LIGHTER IGNITED THEM. EM PLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED SEVERE BURNS TO THE FACE, HANDS, AND HAIR. ALSO, THE BUILDIN G SUSTAINED SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 368
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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