OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759084
BURN,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,OVEN,EXPLOSION
Event description
EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE OF A TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURER WAS STANDING NEAR THE DOOR TO A VARNIS VEN HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED, AND THE EMPLOYEE WATCHING THE LI GHT WAS BURNED. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HER INJURIES. (THE SECOND PAGE OF THE A CCIDENT DESCRIPTION WAS MISSING.) H ROOM. THE DOOR WAS ABOUT 10 FEET FROM A DESPATCH ELECTRIC OVEN (SERIAL NUMBER 107469-L, TYPE V-31 STD, CLASS A OVEN). THE EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING THE LIGHT ON T HE OVEN'S CONTROL PANEL AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FLIPPED SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN THE ELECTRICAL PANEL ON ONE WALL OF THE ASSEMBLY AREA. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF T HE OVEN, WHICH WAS BEING USED TO BAKE CONTAMINATED FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS THAT HAD OR IGINALLY BEEN USED TO DIP TRANSFORMERS. THESE LIQUIDS INCLUDED VMP NAPTHA (FLASH POINT: 54 DEGREES F; IGNITION TEMPERATURE: 450 DEGREES F) AND POLYESTER RESIN VA RNISH (AC-43-66; FLASHPOINT: 50 DEGREES F). THE EMPLOYEE WAS INFORMED THAT THE O
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 4
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 2
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