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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

BENSENVILLE, ILLINOIS—

Aaron Equipment Co., Inc.

Explosion, unspecified · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Final narrative

The injured employee was using an oxy-acetylene torch to remove one of the legs from the outside of a centrifuge (used process equipment). After 10-15 minutes, the injured employee began having issues with the torch. He paused his work briefly and a second employee came over to assist with lighting the torch. Once the torch was relit, the injured employee resumed cutting activities on the centrifuge and an explosion/fireball occurred. The injured employee sustained severe burns to his forearms and was hospitalized. The second employee was treated and released on the same day.

Hospitalized Forearm(s) Nonclassifiable

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