Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117796.015 - Employee sustains burns in flash fire after starting PIV

Accident Summary Nr: 117796.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1414072.015	07/10/2019		238140	Industry Services Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 8, 2019, an employee working as a stonemason for a masonry contractor at a paper mill had just started a Toyo Brand 5,000-K Ton dual fuel forklift (PIV). As the employee raised the fork blades to move forward, the forklift became engulfed in a flash fire that extended outwards from the forklift about 40 feet in all directions. The employee sustained 3rd degree burns to his face, torso, upper and lower legs, and arms and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Chest, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Face, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Flash, Forklift, Gas, High Temperature, Ignition, Industrial Truck, Leg, Masonry, Mill--Plant, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1414072.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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