OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978353
CARROLL COUNTY CO-OPERATIVE
HUNTINGDON, TN·
Event description
Employee dies of burns when oil contacts muffler
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was transferring fertilizer from one vehicle to another when the hyd raulic oil system hose developed a high pressure leak. The oil leak, under press ure, hit the truck engine muffler and caused an explosion. Employee #1 sustained burns on his face and arms and later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn(Chemical) (4)
- Part of body
- FACE (9)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- CHEM LIQUIDS/VAPORS (9)
- Occupation
- Truck drivers, light (805)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Hazardous substance
- 5010
- 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.