OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691873
HAMILTON ROOFING INC.
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT·
Event description
Employee burned by hot roofing tar
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to tighten a knock-off connection on a supply pipe (1 1/2 inch) atop a hot tar tank truck. The connection came loose, spraying him wi th hot tar. He lost his balance and fell 8 ft from the top of the truck to aspha lt. As he fell, he became entangled in the pump valve control rope, which pumped more tar onto him as he lay face down and unconscious on the ground beside the truck. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The pump motor had not been shut off prior to repair of the supply line connection because it was hard to start.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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