Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120142625 - Pacific Reality Assoc Dba M & T Chico Ranch

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 13, 2002, Employee #1, the maintenance shop foreman at the M and T Ranch, was helping a coworker who had been trying without success to use a drip can to burn grass. Employee #1 was trying to use a lighter to ignite the wick when the coworker tilted the can and it exploded. Flames shot out of the wick spout, igniting Employee #1's new coveralls. The coworker he'd been helping ran away from the scene but another coworker quickly arrived and helped put out the fire. Employee #1 sustained third-degree burns on his left leg and was transported to UC-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where he was hospitalized for over 10 days.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, FIRE, LEG