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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200926384 - Employee Burned When Desel Fuel Ignited, Later Died

**Accident: 200926384 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 07/23/2012**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
316611854	07/23/2012	2411	George Rogers Logging

On July 23, 2012, Employee #1 was filling a portable tank with diesel fuel. The flammable vapors from the diesel fuel ignited. The employee was in contact of the vapors and was burned. Employee #1 was transported to VCU Medical Center, where he died from the burn injury.

Keywords: burn, flammable liquid, flammable vapors, refueling, fire, ignition system, fuel oil, tank

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	316611854			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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