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Accident: 105099.015 - Employee Is Burned When Torch Ignites Pants
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1305021.015 | 04/09/2018 | Haitbrink Asphalt Paving, Inc. |
At 2:15 a.m. on February 19, 2018, Employee #1, Coworker #1, and Coworker #2, wh o was the crew foreman, employed by a paving company, were paving a public road. Coworker #1 placed an uncapped gas blower on the wheel stop of the Ford F150 f lat bed tool truck they were using and left to get a gas can from the truck. Em ployee #1 lit a propane torch and attempted to place the torch into a heater tub e approximately 5 feet away from the gas blower. The torch began to fall. Empl oyee #1, in an effort to move away from the falling torch, inadvertently kicked the uncapped gas blower, and gasoline was splashed on his left pant leg. The to rch hit the ground and ignited the gasoline which was on Employee #1's pant leg, causing a fire. Coworker #1 and Coworker #2 grabbed fire extinguishers and ext inguished the fire. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transpo rted to the hospital, admitted, and treated for third degree burns to his left l eg. He remained in the hospital's burn unit for seven days.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway, road, street | Maintenance or repair | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1305021.015 | 52 | M | Hospitalized injury | Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Paving FatCause: |