Mechanic Killed Pouring Gasoline on Fire

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  On January 9, 2006, a 37-year-old field mechanic for a logging company was killed when he tried to stoke a warming fire by pouring gasoline on it. The mechanic and a coworker arrived at a logging site at 7 a.m. to perform maintenance on a log-loading machine. The weather was cold and rainy, and the coworker started a warming fire, using a combination of diesel fuel and chainsaw gasoline. About 8 a.m., the coworker left to call for parts on a cell phone. He returned about 15 minutes later and found themechanic lying 35 feet from the warming fire, engulfed in flames. Another fire, about 20 feet from the warming fire, was found to be caused by a burning 5-gallon plastic gasoline container. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Fires Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Fire-hazards Fire-safety Injuries Injury-prevention Safety-education Traumatic-injuries Work-operations
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039380
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation, OR 2006-01, 2008 Aug; :1-5
• Contact Point Address:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) Program, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, L606, Portland, OR 97239-3098
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Mechanic Killed Pouring Gasoline on Fire
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:15a35cf86b77bb0668ce7d30f467d40ecd52ca559c9d1b883562efe0f15dccc7f7dca4ea181afd96f2a92f58a3b47773b563a9edd403110765f9f5c793da30c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228649/cdc_228649_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 185.18 KB ]