OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #745075
TEN OAKS NURSERY & GARDENS, INC.
CLARKSVILLE, MD·
Event description
Employee burned when chemical spill on shirt ignites
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 17, was taking chemical materials from a shelf when some of the material spilled onto the left side of his shirt. Approximately fifteen minutes later, he was sitting in a break room playing with matches when one dropped on him, igniting the chemical on his shirt. Employee #1 sustained second-degree bur ns on 4 percent of his body.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 484
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1060
- Task assigned
- 1
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