Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE·

Dept of Veterans Affairs

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dept of Veterans Affairs, 6401 Shallowford Road, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE 37421 on , Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

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Final narrative

Regulators were being fitted on an oxygen tank. The tank exploded, causing a flash fire. An employee suffered burns on the left side of the torso, the right hand, and the left side of the face.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Oxygen tanks and cylinders

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