104,543Records 70,659Employers 84,666Hospitalizations 27,563Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-09-30
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262141

VAPOR,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,XYLENE,ACETONE,NAPHTHA,TOLUENE,EXPLOSION,CHEMICAL VAPOR

Event
VAPOR,FLAMMABLE VAPORS,XYLENE,ACETONE,NAPHTHA,TOLUENE,EXPLOSION,CHEMICAL VAPOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14262141
Report ID
452110

Event description

EMPLOYEES INJURED IN CHEMICAL VAPOR EXPLOSION

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEES #1-4 WERE INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION IN THE WASH AND DRYER AREA. THE EXPL OSION WAS RELATED TO THE PRESENCE OF THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL VAPORS IN THE AIR: A CETONE, XYLENE, TOLUENE, AND NAPHTHA.

Victims (4)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    14
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    748
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    10
    Hazardous substance
    0040
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    14
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    748
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    10
    Hazardous substance
    0040
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    14
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    748
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    10
    Hazardous substance
    0040
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    14
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    10
    Hazardous substance
    0040
    Task assigned
    1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.