OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444103
THE PRILLAMAN COMPANY
MARTINSVILLE, VA—
Event description
Employee burned in flash fire
Investigation abstract
On December 11, 1984, Employee #, age 18, was removing sludge through an 18 in. manhole on a 3,000 gallon storage tank that was going to be discarded. Employee #1 dropped the light in the tank and used a nonapproved drop light to help him f ind it. When Employee #1 lowered this light into the tank, a flash fire occurred and he was burned. The tank was being cleaned in a Division I, Class I or II lo cation, and any light that was used should have been approved for that type of l ocation.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0040
- Task assigned
- 2
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