OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467179

TRIARCH CORP

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX— 1984-10-15T00:00:00

Event: BURN, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, GASOLINE, HORSEPLAY, GAS CAN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #888305
Employer profile: TRIARCH CORP
Summary number: 14467179
Report ID: 626000

Event description

Employee burned during refueling of forklift

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 10, 1984, Employees #1 and #2 were refueli ng a forklift with gasoline from an open 5 gallon plastic bucket. Employee #2 li t a cigarette lighter 10 inches away from the open bucket. The gasoline vapors i gnited and Employee #1 dropped the bucket, which still contained 2 gallons of ga soline. Employee #1 was engulfed in flames as he jumped off the forklift, sustai ning burns over 60 percent of his body. In a signed statement, Employee #2, age 18, stated that he lit the lighter as a joke, trying to scare Employee #1. The p lastic bucket, a completely open container, was not an approved safety can.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
16

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
10

Task assigned
1

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