Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202539870 - Employees Burned While Cleaning Asphalt From Truck
Accident: 202539870 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/24/2008 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300869187 | 10/29/2008 | 4959 | La City Los Angeles World Airports | ||||
At approximately 2 p.m. on October 24, 2008, Employees #1 and #2 were at a dump site at the west end of the Los Angeles Airport runways. They were cleaning excess asphalt from the hopper of a patch truck they had used that morning. Employee #1 began by spraying diesel fuel on the hopper of the truck to loosen the asphalt off the hopper while Employee #2 was scraping the asphalt with a tool from the top. They both then proceeded to the ground near the rear of the truck. While Employee #1 was spraying the back end of the truck, a flash fire occurred, burning the hands and faces of both employees. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, flammable liquid, flammable vapors, cleaning, fire, combustible liquid, flashback, face, spraying rig, hopper
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 300869187 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec | |||
2 | 300869187 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec |