OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170201776
BURN,CLOTHING,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,WORK RULES,FIRE,SPILL,CHEMICAL,INATTENTION,LEG
Event description
Employee's thighs burned when flammable liquid ignites
Investigation abstract
At 2:50 p.m. on February 26, 1990, Employee #1, of Woodbridge Jewelers, was prep that she had made an error. aring to solder a ring. She dipped the ring into a solution of boric acid and is opropyl alcohol and placed it in its holder at the front of her workbench. She d elayed lighting the flammable vapors around the ring so that when she did light them, she did not see small flames on the ring. Employee #1 then redipped the ri ng in the solution, causing it to ignite. Startled, she pulled the ring and its holder toward herself, tipping the burning boric acid and isopropyl alcohol solu tion into her lap. She suffered second-degree burns on her thighs before the fir e could be extinguished. Employee #1 was an experienced worker and later stated
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 647
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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