OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995563
BURN,WORK RULES,EXPLOSION,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee suffers 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns in explosion
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:21 p.m. on August 18, 1988, Employee #1, a packer, was examin e burns to his face and upper chest. He was hospitalized. ing, packing, and re-packing returned industrial containers containing calcium c hloride or other substances. After inspecting four containers, Employee #1 began packing another order. While inspecting the fifth container, serial #6001, Empl oyee #1 used the wrong explosion-proof light to check the container for moisture and other contaminants that would interfere with the newly entered product. Emp loyee #1 lowered a light approved for Class 1, Division 1, Class 1 Groups C & D, and Class II Group G atmospheres into a Class 1, Division 1, Group A atmosphere (acetylene), causing an explosion. Employee #1 suffered second- and third-degre
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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