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Fractures and burns

1 hospitalization · 2019077528 · 7/24/2019 · Synergy Solutions Crisp County, L.P.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures and burns

Cause

Event
Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source
Ethanol

Employer

Name
Synergy Solutions Crisp County, L.P.
Location
155 Landfill Road, CORDELE, GEORGIA, 31015
NAICS
562920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on top of a tanker truck while filling it with ethanol using a gravity-fed mechanism. As the employee was filling the ethanol through the top hatchway of the tanker truck, a flash fire occurred. The employee's shirt caught on fire and the employee jumped approximately 12 feet from the top of the tanker truck to the earthen ground below. The employee sustained burns to his torso and arms, as well as a fractured left leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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