Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 817700 - Employee injured when sprayed with hot liquid asphalt

Accident Summary Nr: 817700 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 09/29/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113215024	09/29/1993	1611	0	Able Bituminous Contractors
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123174484	09/29/1993	1611	0	Hudson Asphalt

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were at a road paving site receiving a shipment of hot asphalt that was approximately 310 degrees F. The delivery truck had been connected to the site tank by a hose system that included a pump. Once the system was connected, the driver of the delivery truck started the pump. The valve on the delivery truck was closed, but the valve on the site tank was open. When the pump was mistakenly placed in reverse, the hot asphalt was pumped from the site tank to the truck. Because the valve on the truck was closed, the hose was under too much pressure and pulled from its fitting, spraying hot asphalt onto Employees #1 through #3. They were hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HOSE, HIGH PRESSURE, HOT ASPHALT, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, PRESSURE RELEASE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113215024	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	113215024	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
3	113215024	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
4	123174484			Occupation Not Listed

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