OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251185
LENNOX BAKER CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
DURHAM, NC·
Event description
Employee burned from heavy metal and oxygen fire
Investigation abstract
An oxygen regulator ignited and burned as Employee #1 was turning on the regulat or. The brass housing of the regulator and the internal parts served as the fuel in the oxygen rich atmosphere. Employee #1 suffered second-degree burns on his arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 447
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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