Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202465605 - Employees Suffer Severe Burns in Explosion
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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310199898 | 01/08/2008 | 0722 | 115113 | J G Boswell |
Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on October 30, 2007, Employee #1 was observing the cotton tractor in the field when he noticed smoke in the engine. Employee #1 told the Employee #2 operator to get off the cotton tractor because there was smoke coming out of the engine. Employee #3, the supervisor, instructed Employee #2 to off load the cotton basket from the tractor so it would not burn. Employee #2 climbed the tractor cab and turned the engine key to off, and unloaded the cotton basket. The cotton basket caught fire and exploded into a ball of fire. Employee #2 jumped off the cotton tractor to the ground and was slightly burned in the face, nose and eyelids, while Employee #1 was taken to Mercy Southwest Hospital where he was diagnosed with first degree burns to his nose, eyelids, and face. Employee #3 called the fire department and paramedics.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 310199898 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |