OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739235
ARMCO INC
ASHLAND, KY·
Event description
PRECIPITATOR DOOR BLEW OPEN; EMPLOYEE BURNED
Investigation abstract
A COTTRELL PRECIPITATOR DOOR WAS BLOWN OFF BY AN EXPLOSION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN F RONT OF THE PRECIPITATOR AND WAS STRUCK BY THE BLAST AND WAS BURNED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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