Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201111846 - Employee splashed and burned by a hot tar

Accident Summary Nr: 201111846 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/27/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112171459	05/12/1999	1761	0	Owen Pacific

Abstract: On April 27, 1999, a serious injury accident occurred at a roofing project at Canoga Park, CA. Employee #1, a roofer was starting to pump hot tar from the kettle to the hopper on the roof. He pulled the rope to start the pump, but nothing happened. He continued to pull on the rope not knowing the pump had not been properly primed, which left an air pocket in the line. When the air pocket cleared, it was under abnormal pressure which caused the hot tar to splash out of the hopper on the roof and hit Employee #1 on the neck and wrist. He was wearing the proper PPE, but because of the abnormal pressure in the line the hot tar splashed and hit him. Employee #1 was taken to West Hills Medical Center and then to Sherman Oaks Burn Center for emergency treatment. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ROOF, ROOFER, NECK, HOT TAR, PUMP, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	112171459			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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