Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 886036 - Employee hospitalized when burned by hot asphalt

Accident Summary Nr: 886036 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 08/22/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120640669	10/05/1994	2951	0	Hawaiian Bitumuls & Paving Co

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on August 22, 1994, 300 degree Fahrenheit asphalt was to be transferred from a storage tank to a working tank through a 4 in. o.d. pipe that was plugged by cooled asphalt. Employee #1 was standing on the walkway at the transfer pump controls. He turned on the pump, but it would not work, so he primed it. When he again turned on the pump, the closed end of the canister blew open approximately two feet to his left. The asphalt sprayed on the back of his head, neck, shoulders, and arms and he was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns .

Keywords: BURN, HEAD, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, CLOGGED, NECK, PIPE, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, PRESSURE RELEASE, ASPHALT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120640669			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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