OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456818
INDUSTRIAL FIBERGLASS R P SYSTEMS DIAMOND
MURRAY, UT—
Event description
ACETONE VAPORS INSIDE TANK IGNITED; EMPLOYEES BURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSIDE A 4-FOOT BY 6-FOOT BY 3-FOOT FIBERGLASS TANK. THERE WERE TWO 2-FOOT BY 2-FOOT OPENINGS IN THE TOP OF THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FIBERGLASS ING THE INSIDE OF THE TANK, WHICH LAY ON ITS SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED OUT OF TH E TANK TO CLEAN HIS HAND IN A CAN OF ACETONE. AT THIS TIME, THE LIGHT INSIDE THE TANK IGNITED THE VAPOR FROM THE ACETONE. BURNED, EMPLOYEE #1 RETREATED INTO THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #2, WHO WAS DOING SOME WORK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TANK, WAS ALSO BURNED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BURNS ON HIS HANDS AND FA CE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TREATED FOR BURNS ON HIS LEGS AND RELEASED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0040
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 0040
- Task assigned
- 1
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