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Accident Summary Nr: 976043 - EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MINOR BURNS FIGHTING FIRE AT A PLANT

Accident Summary Nr: 976043 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 02/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103944708	02/26/1988	3444	0	Carter Industrial Services Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 AM ON FEBRUARY 26, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND SEVERAL OTHER WORKERS SAW SMOKE COMING FROM A 55 GALLON OPEN BARREL, LOCATED IN THE YARD STORAGE AREA, THAT THE EMPLOYEES USED TO KEEP WARM ON COLD DAYS. SCRAP WOOD AND CARDBOARD WERE USED TO BUILD FIRES IN THE BARREL. THE BARREL WAS LOCATED 5 TO 10 FEET FROM STEEL SHIPPING CONTAINERS, STORED 15 TO 17 FEET HIGH, THAT CONTAINED CARDBOARD, PLASTIC AND OIL IN THEIR CHANNELS. THE EMPLOYEES HAD NO FIRE EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT WITH WHICH TO FIGHT THE FIRE. WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED A PIECE OF CARDBOARD TO BLOW OUT OF THE FIRE AND LAND ON EMPLOYEE #1'S NECK, INFLICTING MINOR BURNS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SENT TO THE LOCAL CLINIC, TREATED AND RELEASED.

Keywords: BURN, HIGH WIND, FIRE EXTINGUISHER, WORK RULES, DRUM, FIRE, NECK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103944708			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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