OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976043
BURN,HIGH WIND,FIRE EXTINGUISHER,WORK RULES,DRUM,FIRE,NECK
Event description
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MINOR BURNS FIGHTING FIRE AT A PLANT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 AM ON FEBRUARY 26, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND SEVERAL OTHER WO RKERS SAW SMOKE COMING FROM A 55 GALLON OPEN BARREL, LOCATED IN THE YARD STORAGE AREA, THAT THE EMPLOYEES USED TO KEEP WARM ON COLD DAYS. SCRAP WOOD AND CARDBOA RD WERE USED TO BUILD FIRES IN THE BARREL. THE BARREL WAS LOCATED 5 TO 10 FEET F ROM STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS, STORED 15 TO 17 FEET HIGH, THAT CONTAINED CARDBOA RD, PLASTIC AND OIL IN THEIR CHANNELS. THE EMPLOYEES HAD NO FIRE EXTINGUISHING E QUIPMENT WITH WHICH TO FIGHT THE FIRE. WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED A PIECE OF CARDBO ARD TO BLOW OUT OF THE FIRE AND LAND ON EMPLOYEE #1'S NECK, INFLICTING MINOR BUR NS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SENT TO THE LOCAL CLINIC, TREATED AND RELEASED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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