OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686899
BLAND BROTHERS INC
WEST JORDAN, UT—
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED WHEN PLASTIC GASOLINE CONTAINER EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS GRINDING A STEEL PLATE ON THE TAILGATE OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH W EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH BURN CENTER WHERE HE WAS C ONFINED WITH SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE, ARMS AND UPPER BODY. AS USED FOR WELDING. DURING THIS PROCEDURE, SPARKS FROM THE GRINDER APPARENTLY M ELTED THROUGH A PLASTIC CONTAINER OF GASOLINE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. THE CONT AINER IGNITED, CAUSING A SMALL FIRE IN THE TRUCK BED. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO E XTINGUISH THE FIRE BY THROWING GRAVEL ONTO IT. BEFORE THIS COULD BE DONE, THE PL ASTIC MILK CONTAINER EXPLODED, SETTING EMPLOYEE #1'S UPPER BODY ON FIRE. TWO OTH ER PLASTIC CONTAINERS, ONE CONTAINING OIL AND THE OTHER HYDRAULIC OIL, CONTRIBUT ED TO THE FIRE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HEARD EMPLOYEE #1 YELL, AND SMOTHERED THE FLAME S ON EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY. HE THEN CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MEDICAL SQUADS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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