Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202442729 - Employee Is Burned in Aviation Fuel Fire

Accident Summary Nr: 202442729 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125882506	11/23/2005	5172	424720	French Valley Aviation Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on November 22, 2005, Employee #1, an aircraft fuel attendant, was refueling an aircraft. The aviation gas spilled out of the tank from two open fuel tank dome covers over the cab and found an ignition source around the trucks engine. Employee #1 leaped from the burning tanker. Fire crews extinguished the fire preventing the entire 2,400 gallons of 100-octane fuel from being consumed. Employee #1 was hospitalized with third degree burns.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, FUEL LINE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, REFUELING, FIRE, TRUCK, FUEL TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125882506			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Motor transportation occuputions n.e.c.

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