OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822155
BURN,SHOULDER,SPILL,ARM,FACE,HOT TAR,UNTRAINED
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED WHEN HOT TAR SPLASHED ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUILDING DECIDED TO INSTALL NEW ROOFING. THE BUILDING HAD A ET ONTO THE ROPE WHILE HE WAS FILLING ANOTHER ONE. THE PAINETR AGREED, AND TRIED TO HOOK THE BUCKET TO THE ROPE. HE WAS HOLDING THE BUCKET AT CHEST LEVEL WHILE HOOKING IT UP. HE FAILED TO HOOK IT CORRECTLY AND, WHEN HE LET GO OF THE BUCKET, IT FELL TO TJHE GROUND AND SPLASHED HOT TAR ON HIS ARM, SHOULDER AND FACE. HE W AS IMMEDIATELY HOSED OFF WITH A STREAM OF COLD WATER AND TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO A LOCAL BURN CENTER. HE SURVIVED. FLAT ROOF 11 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. HIS TENANT RAN A SMALL AUTO BODY SHOP. TH E OWNER RENTED A TAR COOKER AND BORROWED TWO OF HIS TENANT'S EMPLOYEES TO HELP W ITH THE JOB. THE HOT TAR WAS PULLED TO THE ROOF BY HAND WITH A ROPE AND PARTIALL Y-FILLED 5 GALLON BUCKETS. THE BUCKETS WERE FILLED BY THE PERSON TENDING THE TAR COOKER, A THIRD EMPLOYEE OF THE AUTO BODY SHOP. AT AROUND MID-AFTERNOON ONE OF THE BODY SHOP EMPLOYEES WHO WAS DOING SOME PAINTING STROLLED OUTSIDE THE SHOP WH ILE HE WAS WAITING FOR SOME PRIMER TO DRY. HE ASKED THE TAR COOKER MAN HOW THING S WERE GOING. THE COOKER TENDER ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD MIND HOOKING A FILLED BUCK
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 514
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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