OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822411
MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL
SILVER SPRING, MD·
Event description
Employees burned by flash fire in school cafeteria
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, both janitors, were removing a 5 gallon bucket of sealer th at had been left open for approximately half an hour near the pilot lights of a stove in the cafeteria at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD. When the sealer was stirred, a fire erupted and the contents either spilled or explod ed onto Employees #1 and #2. Both suffered second-degree burns. Employee #1 sust ained burns over 90 percent of his body; Employee #2 was burned over 10 percent of his body. They were taken to Washington Hospital Burn Center.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 2
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