Lansing, MI ·
OSHA Injury Report: KIRCHHOFF Automotive Lansing
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at KIRCHHOFF Automotive Lansing in 16325 Felton Rd, Lansing, MI 48906 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- KIRCHHOFF Automotive Lansing
- Parent company
- KIRCHHOFF Automotive
- Street
- 16325 Felton Rd
- City
- Lansing
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 48906
- On-site location
- production floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Working in another area
What happened
Strong smell of propane in the area and employee found that the floor scrubber 's propane connection to the tank was spraying liquid propane into the tank area. While attempting to shut the frozen valve off with a pair of channel locks the fumes ignited causing a fire ball and setting the floor scrubber on fire. The fire was quickly extinguished by Maintenance personal.
Injury or illness
Employee was sent to the hospital for breathing problems from inhalation from the fire extinguisher.
Object or substance involved
fire extinguisher
Summary line
Chemical exposure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 332510: Automobile hardware, metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 165
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 342,000
- EIN
- 800913594
- Establishment ID
- 1092639
- Employer case #
- 23-4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 15:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-06
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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