OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #825687
FAIRFAX CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC
OAKLAND, MD·
Event description
Employee burned when ethanol phenol vapors ignite
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using water to clean out a 2,800 gallon stainless steel blending tank. The tank had contained a mixture of ethanol phenol. A static charge appar ently ignited the flammable vapors at or near the top of the tank, which resulte d in an explosion and flash fire. Employee #1's gloves and clothing ignited and he sustained first- and second-degree burns on his hands, arms, neck, and face. Employee #1 was wearing safety goggles, a vinyl apron, and gloves.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- FACE (9)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- FIRE/SMOKE (16)
- Occupation
- Mixing and blending machine operators (756)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- FLAMMABLE LIQ/SOLID EXPOSURE (10)
- Hazardous substance
- 1060
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.