Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201069713 - Employee Is Burned When Gasoline Vapors Explode

Accident Summary Nr: 201069713 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/09/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307032730	01/19/2006	1799	238910	Elliott Drilling Services

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on December 9, 2005, Employee #1 was cutting a hole in a steel I beam that was positioned over a boring that was approximately 45 ft deep. The boring had flammable vapors (gasoline) in it that had leeched from underground. Employee #1 was injured when hot slag dropped into the boring, igniting the vapors and causing an explosion. He was not wearing protective gloves or eye protection, both of which were required by his employer, Elliott Drilling Services. He was hospitalized at UCSD burn center for second degree burns to his face and hands.

Keywords: BURN, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, FACE, GASOLINE, HAND, CUTTING AND BURNING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307032730			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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