Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 151891.015 - Employee incurs burns from fire, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 151891.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 11/18/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1637561.015	12/06/2022		333923	Yeates Equipment Sales, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on November 18, 2022, an employee was helping clear land for the company's new location and he was removing trees, branches and shrubbery and burning piles of brush. The employee was burning a pile of brush but he wanted a bigger fire to burn the pile faster. The employee had a five-gallon bucket with two and a half gallons of gas in it so he poured the gas on the fire from the bucket. The fuel immediately burst into flames causing the employee to be engulfed in flames. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns all over his body and died five days after the incident.

Keywords: Burn, Clearing, Cutting And Burning, Explosion, Fire, Gasoline, Site Clearing, Tree, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1637561.015	22	M	Fatality		Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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