OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943514
BURN,CLOTHING,FLAMMABLE LIQUID,AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,FIRE,WELDING,TOLUENE,EXPLOSION,SPARK
Event description
Employee burned in explosion of enamel reducer can
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was welding broken bearings on a Marlis No-Till. He set a portable w ercent of his body. He died 19 days after the accident from complications of his burns. elding table near the welding machine and approximately 6 ft from a permanent wo odworking table. A gallon can of Dupont 3812S fast dry enamel reducer (flammable and containing toluene and VM & P naphtha), which was estimated to be 1/3 full, was on the work table approximately 7 ft from the welding operation. As Employe e #1 was welding, a spark or piece of slag struck and penetrated the upper porti on of the metal can, igniting the vapors and producing an explosion. The remaini ng liquid splashed on Employee #1, setting his clothing on fire. Coworkers extin guished the fire and he was transported to the hospital. He was burned over 63 p
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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