Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202492906 - Employee Suffers Facial Burns When Sprayed by Hot Oil

Accident Summary Nr: 202492906 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/09/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125828137	05/23/2012	4212	484110	Muse Trucking Co

Abstract: On May 9, 2012, Employee #1, a truck driver, was working for a trucking firm delivering oil to an asphalt plant in Redding, California. The oil is 350 degrees Fahrenheit as it comes out of the tank. Employee #1 was not wearing eye and face protection as he prepared to unload the oil. Employee #1 had not connected the pipe from the truck to the pipe at the plant, and Employee #1 had by-passed a safety valve on the truck's tank system. Employee #1 received first and second degree burns to his face, when he opened the valve to pump the oil into the plant system.

Keywords: BURN, EYE, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, PPE, PIPE, STRUCK BY, FACE, ASPHALT, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125828137			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Truck drivers, heavy

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