OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671594
FEEDSTOCK INC (MOLL'S WAREHOUSE)
MOUNT VERNON, IN·
Event description
Employee burned by explosion and fire
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:50 p.m. on November 17, 1988, an explosion and fire occurred in the vicinity of the polystyrene densifier, a plastic conversion machine. Empl oyee #1 was burned over 80 percent of his body, including his lungs, and his leg was fractured. Employee #1 was transported to Wellborn Hospital in Evansville, IN, and by helicopter to Humana Hospital in Louisville, KY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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