Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406408

CAT-SPEC, LTD

Event
Burn, Ear, Fire, Flash, Hand, Leg, Loading, Metal, Reactor
NAICS
213112
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345608483
Employer profile
CAT-SPEC, LTD
Summary number
221406408
Report ID
0213900

Event description

Employee is burned in flash fire

Investigation abstract

At :40 a.m. on October 24, 2021, an employee was controlling the loading of a metal catalyst into smaller containers when a flash fire occurred at the bottom of the mobile lube dewaxing unit reactor. The employee was hospitalized to treat burns to his left leg, hands, and ear.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Event type
    14

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