OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #786608
BURN,BUS,EXPLOSION,SPARK,SPILL,FUEL TRUCK,GASOLINE,PUMP,PUMPING STATION
Event description
EMPLOYEE IS BURNED WHEN SPILLED FUEL IS IGNITED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in the process of transferring gas on a fuel truck from the rear backfired igniting the fuel which engulfed the forecourt. Employee #1's mother then threw the emergency shut off switch for the fuel pumps at the station. Empl oyee #1 and the volunteer firefighter were hospitalized for burns and scalds, an d Employee #1 mother suffered non hospitalized burns and scalding. tank to the front tank of a bus by pumping fuel by a hose line from a reel atta ched to the rear of the fuel truck. It was believed that the contents of the rea r tank of the fuel truck would fit into the front tank of the bus. Employee #1 t hen went into the service station to answer a ringing phone and when he returned he noticed gasoline spilling out of the bus tank across the forecourt of the se rvice station. A volunteer firefighter was at the location and seeing the spill, went to the truck, and turned off the pump, and at the same time, Employee #1 w as about to shut off the hose reel. In the process of shutting the pump down, it
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 806
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 70 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 2
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