OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759449
RAYBESTO PRODUCTS CO
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HAIR SINGED WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN AN OVEN
Investigation abstract
AT 1:10 PM ON APRIL 21, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS FOREMAN WERE OPERATING AND TES TING A NEWLY INSTALLED DESPATCH SATURATING DRYING OVEN. THE THE EMPLOYEES WERE H AVING TROUBLE GETTING THE OVEN TO WORK PROPERLY. WHEN THE FOREMAN HEARD THE OVEN MAKE AN ABNORMAL SOUND HE PROMPTLY SWITCHED OFF THE COMBUSTION BURNER. WITHIN 4 0 SECONDS THE SATURATOR EXPLODED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS 5 FEET AWAY FROM THE EXPLOSION AND RECEIVED SOME SINGED HAIRS ON HIS ARM. HE WENT TO THE NURSE'S OFFICE, BUT N O TREATMENT WAS NEEDED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 766
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1660
- Task assigned
- 1
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