OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234900
MACK ENERY CO
COX CITY, OK—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED FROM BURNS
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning an oilfield unit in an open field in preparation of pai nting. Employee #1 built a fire to keep warm. His clothing caught on fire and he ran approximately 75 yards to a pond to put out the fire. The employee was work ing alone at a remote site, and therefore had to drive himself approximately 2 m iles to the company yard to seek help. He was hospitalized with second and third degree burns and died 8 days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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