OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375421

SUPERIOR ROLL FORMING CO. INC.

VALLEY CITY, OH· 2021-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Burn, Chest, Cutter, Cutting, Cutting And Burning, Face, Fire, Flammable Liquid, Flammable Vapors, Hot Work, Hot Work Permit, Installing, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine operator, Metal, Plasma, Rolling
NAICS: 332114
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345395388
Employer profile: SUPERIOR ROLL FORMING CO. INC.
Summary number: 221375421
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee burns face, arms, and chest, flammable ink catches

Investigation abstract

At 10:07 a.m. on June 23, 2021, an employee was working as a milling machine operator for a custom roll forming company. The employee was working on an ongoing setup process for line 12 that was anticipated to take several days. The process involved using a plasma cutter to manually cut metal pieces from a long extruded metal form. The employee had just made a cut of the metal when he caught on fire due to being covered in blue flammable ink. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations and first and second degree burns to his arms, chest and face.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
705

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