Cheyenne, WY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Wyoming Department of Transportation
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Wyoming Department of Transportation in 5300 Bishop Blvd, Cheyenne, WY 82009 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was highway Maintenance Spec I in general services departments, government.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Parent company
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Street
- 5300 Bishop Blvd
- City
- Cheyenne
- State
- WY
- ZIP
- 82009
- On-site location
- South Pass Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning chip seal distributors during a hot day adding fuel to the psi washer that was purchase from Bomgars.
What happened
Employee was opening 5 gal jug of kerosene at job sight when pulling the seal to open the kerosene shot out of the jug into the employees face and neck causing him to inhale and swallow kerosene. Employee was wearing all PPE so the chemical did not enter into his eyes. Employee and witness went to water truck and washed off chemical. After Employee went to vomiting and dry heaves.
Injury or illness
Poisoning
Object or substance involved
Splash from opening and pressure release from a 5 gallon can of kerosene
Summary line
Poisoning to Other caused by Splash from opening and pressure release from a 5 gallon can of kerosene
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Highway Maintenance Spec I
- SOC code
- 47-4051: Highway Maintenance Workers
- NAICS code
- 921190: General services departments, government
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,875
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 4,054,832
- EIN
- 836000263
- Establishment ID
- 549540
- Employer case #
- IN-202507
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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