Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202487724 - Employee Is Burned in Gasoline Fire

Accident Summary Nr: 202487724 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/08/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311865182	09/24/2008	1794	238910	E. John Gwerder

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on September 8, 2008, Employee #1 was using a pressure washer on the base plate of a bulldozer in a yard. Employee #1 removed the gas cap to check the fuel in the tank. He shook the apparatus while it was running and it splashed out, causing a fire. Employee #1 was hospitalized with second degree burns over twenty percent of his body.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, GASOLINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311865182			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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