Inspection Detail

Inspection: 127366714 - Drive-Con, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Investigation Summary

Employee #1, the parts manager, and a coworker were trying to start a car in the employer's garage. when the car backfired, igniting a plastic lid containing gasoline that Employee #1 was holding. Employee #1 had poured gas into the carburetor from a plastic aerosol spray paint can. He told the coworker to start the car, and then stepped away from the engine. The car backfired, startling Employee #1, and the gas either spilled and ignited or ignited and then spilled onto him. Employee #1 sustained second- and third-degree burns over 18 percent of his body, mostly on the left side. Neither employee had been assigned to start the car, but they had taken it upon themselves. Employee #1 should not have been holding the gasoline container while the coworker started the car.

Keywords: BURN, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, AUTOMOBILE, SPILL, GASOLINE, GAS CAN