Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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Varnum Enterprises LLC

Flash fire · Thermal burns degree unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Varnum Enterprises LLC, 11 TROWBRIDGE DR, BETHEL, CONNECTICUT 06801 on , Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the ears and facial region unspecified.

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During the fabrication of a metal railing, an employee was heating a metal bar with an acetylene torch to prepare the bar for bending. After heating the bar, the acetylene torch was extinguished and placed in the open end of a 4 rectangular tube. Acetylene from the torch leaked into the tube. Several minutes later, the employee used a hand grinder that produced sparks which ignited the acetylene. The employee sustained facial burns.

Hospitalized Ears and facial region unspecified Other hydrocarbon gas