OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449607
ASCO COMMODITIES, INC.
OAKDALE, MN·
Event description
Employee burned when gas welding regulator ignites
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:23 p.m. on July 30, 1986, Employee #1 was preparing to repai r a metal rack with a gas welding torch. He sprayed WD-40 on the oxygen gas weld ing regulator inlet connection as a lubricant to help him attach the connection to an oxygen cylinder. When he opened the oxygen bottle valve, the oil from the WD-40 caused the oxygen regulator to ignite. Employee #1 suffered burns from his left forearm to his wrist, and to his groin area. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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