Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171005598 - 17-year-old employee burned when spilled gasoline ignites

Accident Summary Nr: 171005598 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119890291	03/18/1995	0782	0	Aztec Landscaping Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a regular, part-time employee of Aztec Landscaping, Inc., was standing beside a work truck, pumping fuel from a fuel truck into the fuel tank. When the fuel tank on the truck overflowed, vapors from the spilled fuel were ignited by the pilot light on a gas hot water heater. Employee #1 was hospitalized with first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to the right hand. The equipment involved in the accident was a refueling truck, Datsun P/U, license #3F64256; a work truck, Datsun flatbed, license #2W42848; and a gas hot water heater, make, year, and model unknown.

Keywords: BURN, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, SPILL, FACE, GASOLINE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119890291			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Truck drivers, light

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