OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #953059
BURN,VENTILATION,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,FIRE,PAINT,SPRAY BOOTH
Event description
Employee burned by ignited paint vapors
Investigation abstract
At 11:00 a.m on February 6, 1990, Employee #1 was inside a Binks spray booth, wh ich is used to paint vehicles, cleaning paint residue off its sides with water. He had finished painting a vehicle approximately 2 hours earlier. Meanwhile, fla mmable vapors had accumulated in the spray booth and shop area of the facility. The exhaust fan in the spray booth was off and the bay doors of the shop were cl osed. A gas-powered water heater, located within 20 ft of the spray booth, appar ently ignited the vapors. The fire followed the vapor path back to the spray boo th where Employee # 1 was located. He was engulfed by the fire and suffered burn s over 80 percent of his body, for which he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 514
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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