Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171057078 - Employee's face burned by flash fire from hot tar kettle

Accident Summary Nr: 171057078 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 10/19/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126794361	10/19/1998	1761	0	Utah Tile & Roofing Inc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on October 19, 1998, Employee #1, age 20, was applying hot tar to a roof. When the amount of tar in the kettle was almost empty, he was supposed to turn off the heat source. Employee #1 got on top of the kettle and lifted the hatch to look in. He was apparently using a tool to bring the remaining asphalt to the pump when a flash fire burned his face. Employee #1 was not wearing any personal protection equipment (ppe), and he was not trained in the hazards associated with toxic and combustible vapors. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Keywords: BURN, ROOF, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, PPE, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, FACE, HOT TAR, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126794361			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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