OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777599
TROJAN CORPORATION
SPANISH FORK, UT·
Event description
Employee injured in explosion of scrap pipe
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on April 21, 1989, Employee #1 was cutting scrap pipe with an acetylene/oxygen torch when the pipe he was cutting exploded. Employee #1's left ear was severed and his right middle finger amputated. Doctors also in dicated that Employee #1 suffered a hearing loss. The pipe, which was from a bui lding that had previously exploded, apparently was contaminated with explosive m aterial.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 62 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- FINGER(S) (10)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- WASTE PRODUCTS (40)
- Occupation
- Specified mechanics and repairers (547)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- FLYING OBJECT ACTION (5)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.