FIRE

Name: FIRE at Sumner County Highway Department
Start: 04/14/2021

220211160001 · 04/14/2021 · Sumner County Highway Department

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Contact with hot objects or substances
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
Nature of injury: BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
Body part: ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Days lost: 4
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Sumner County-TN
Operator: Sumner County Highway Department
Mine: 4002519

Narrative

Employee arrived at the quarry to discharge the used oil into the brush pile, thinking the oil would have cut the gasoline they added to the tank the day before. When they did this they got the liquid on their shirt and a flash fire occurred burning their right lateral abdomen.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown