OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759977
RICKY PADGETT
KENANSVILLE, NC·
Event description
Employee dies after burned by flash fire
Investigation abstract
During the dark, early morning hours, Employee #1 was refueling a logging truck with diesel fuel from a portable tank mounted on the rear of a pickup truck. App arently, he dropped the tank's top, then ignited a cigarette lighter to search f or it. A flash fire ignited and engulfed the employee in flames, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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