OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214498
BURNETTE'S TRUCK WASH INC
NASHVILLE, TN—
Event description
PASSED OUT FROM PERCHLOROETHYLENE VAPORS INSIDE TRUCK TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WASHING THE INTERIOR OF A TRUCK TANK WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY CONTAI ES FOR ENTERING CONFINED SPACES. NED PERCHLOROETHYLENE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, ASSIGNED TO OBSERVE EMPLOYEE #1, LEFT T HE AREA MOMENTARILY. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS USING A PRESSURIZED HOT WATER LINE TO CLEAN THE TANK, WAS UNCONSCIOUS WHEN THE OBSERVER RETURNED. OTHER EMPLOYEES QUIC KLY REMOVED EMPLOYEE #1 FROM THE TANK (THEY DID NOT CHECK THE TANK'S ATMOSPHERE OR USE ANY KIND OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION OR LIFELINES). EMPLOYEE #1 REGAINED CO NSCIOUSNESS QUICKLY, BUT SUFFERED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS FROM THE HOT WAT ER WHICH HAD SPILLED ON HIM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED THA T AFTERNOON. THE EMPLOYEES HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED ON THE CORRECT PROCEDUR
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 887
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2020
- Task assigned
- 1
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