OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234967
HOLLOWAY CONSTRUCTION CO
IRVING, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED BY HYDRAULIC FLUID WHEN LINE BROKE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Caterpillar 631D wheel tractor scraper hauling top s oil away from a future man-made lake. A low pressure six-inch hose split allowin g hydraulic fluid (working pressure 14-15 pounds per square inch) to spew out. T he fluid struck part of the frame of the tractor and deflected upward into the r ight side of the tractor cab, striking Employee #1. The fluid was hot and vapors were ignited by some part of the motor or exhaust system. Employee #1 received second and third degree burns on the upper right hand and right side of his body . Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for severe burns.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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