OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308670

AMEX SPECIALTY COPPERS CORP.

CARTERET, NJ· 1988-09-21T00:00:00

Event: FURNACE, HEAD, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, TRANSFORMER
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100241504
Employer profile: AMEX SPECIALTY COPPERS CORP.
Summary number: 14308670
Report ID: 213400

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIED FROM TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION

Investigation abstract

A transformer overheated. The epoxy in the transformer had decomposed, ignited, and caused an electrical fault. The front doors of the electrical cabinet for th e Inductor-250 furnace blew open from the ensuring electric arc. The doors struc k the employee in the head, throwing him backwards, and he struck his head again st the furnace. The employee died from skull fracture and associated internal tr aumas.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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