OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458285
BOYD ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED
ACCOKEEK, MD—
Event description
Employee injured when lawn mower motor ignites
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was refueling his Jacobsen model 50 riding lawn mower with gasoline ctors, and hard-toe workboots were provided by the employer, but the fire exting uisher closest to the refueling area was 300 ft away, inside a building. from an ordinary Eagle five gallon container with a single fill/pour opening. He had removed the cap and flexible spout and was standing on the right side of th e mower to pour the gasoline from the open container into the fill hole of the g as tank. Gasoline spilled from the container over the lawn mower's hot motor and ignited. Employee #1 sustained first-degree burns on his forearms and face. Emp loyee #1 had been given operating instructions for the mower and had been inform ed that only crew leaders were supposed to refuel equipment. The container was n ot an approved type for flammable/combustible liquids. Safety glasses, ear prote
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 486
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 2
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