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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221403314

KYOEI STEEL AMERICA LLC

Event
Burn, Current Leakage, Fire, Flash, Hand, Leak, Oxygen, Welding
NAICS
331110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345589147
Employer profile
KYOEI STEEL AMERICA LLC
Summary number
221403314
Report ID
0627500

Event description

Employee sustains burns in fire flash

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on October 18, 2021, an employee was working on heating the inner races with a heating torch. The hose was leaking oxygen and led to a fire flash in one of the lines. The employee was sustained second degree burns to his left hand and was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

    Event type
    14

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