OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777995
UTAH CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee burned when cutting torch catches clothes on fire
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on his own after hours, removing duct work from a ceilin g for another company. He was working from a stepladder and was using a cutting torch to cut through the duct work. He had cut a section so that it would drop t o the floor, but one end of the duct was still connected. When the duct fell, it hit either the employee or the ladder and Employee #1 fell to the floor. The cu tting torch ignited his clothing. Employee #1 was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns from the waist up.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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