Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Global Tungsten & Powders Corp., 1 Hawes St., TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA 18848
on , Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was visually inspecting the calciner (furnace) tube. When the employee removed the manifold for the calciner tube, tungsten (product) and nitrogen and/or hydrogen caused an explosion inside the calciner tube. Flames shot out of the end of the tube and burned the employee's face and right forearm.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
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