OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460471
CALLIS-THOMPSON INC
BALTIMORE, MD—
Event description
Employee burned when flammable vapors ignited by welding
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was arc welding the hatch door on the outer wall of the third compar tment of a 2,300 gallon capacity fuel oil tank truck, MD license tag #H40098, ta nk plate #23038. The heat ignited residual flammable vapors, starting an intense fire. Employee #1 sustained second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of h is body. The employer had failed to clean the tank compartments to remove all fl ammable materials.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 47
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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