OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777847
UPDIKE BROTHERS INC.
COALVILLE, UT·
Event description
Employees burned in fire from gas/oil fumes
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were getting an oil well ready for cement. They were pumping water that contained gas and oil from the well into a flat tank. The fumes reac hed the exhaust of the pump and a fire started. Employees #1 and #2 were burned over 75 percent of their body and were taken to University Burn Center by Life F light.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 614
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 614
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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