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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #849018

BURN,STATIC ELECTRICITY,FIRE,BACK,EXPLOSION,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,POWDER,HAND

Event
BURN,STATIC ELECTRICITY,FIRE,BACK,EXPLOSION,COMBUSTIBLE DUST,POWDER,HAND
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
849018
Report ID
524200

Event description

Employee burned when static electricity ignites petroresin

Investigation abstract

At approximately 7:20 a.m. on October 31, 1988, Employee #1 was adding petroresi n GE100 powder compound to charge a ribbon blender/mixer that contained 200 gall ons of toluene, 400 gallons of heptane, and 1575 lb of kileykraton rubber compou nd. Employee #1 had just finished adding the fifteenth of 43 bags of the compoun d to the blender/mixer and had turned around to get the next bag. His back was t o the mixer when static electricity in the GE100 caused an explosion and flash f ire. Employee #1 suffered first-, second-, and third-degree burns to his back an d hands, covering approximately 30 percent of his body.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

    Nature of injury
    5
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    14
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    10
    Task assigned
    1

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