Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200926384 - Employee Burned When Desel Fuel Ignited, Later Died
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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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.
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
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1 | 316611854 | Fatality | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Timber cutting and logging occupations |