OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541999
COASTAL MACK INC
SAVANNAH, GA—
Event description
BURN FROM GASOLINE FLAME THROUGH BUS CARBURETOR
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 22, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 PURCHASED GASOL RETOR BACKFIRED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURNED ON THE FACE, CHEST, ARMS, HANDS AND RIGH T LEG. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS NOT INJURED. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSTALLED IN THE BUS W AS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE. A FIRE WATCHER WAS NOT USED. INE FROM A NEARBY GULF STATION. THE GAS, WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED IN AN UNAPPROVED 1-GALLON PLASTIC CONTAINER, WAS THEN POURED INTO AN 1 1/2-INCH DEEP, 2 3/8-INCH DIAMETER CAP FROM AN AEROSOL CAN. THE GALLON CONTAINER WAS PLACED BEHIND EMPLOYE E #1 WITHOUT ITS CAP. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE REBUILT EN GINE OF AN INTERNATIONAL BUS. AS EMPLOYEE #2 TRIED TO START THE BUS, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNEELING BEHIND THE ENGINE ATTEMPTING TO PRIME IT BY POURING GASOLINE INTO THE UNCOVERED CARBURETOR. THE GASOLINE WAS CLASS 1A AND ITS FLASH POINT WAS MINU S 46 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNEELING AT THE ENGINE, THE CARBU
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 1
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