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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 103739.015 - Employee Suffers Second And Third Degree Burns When Welding

**Accident: 103739.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/20/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1300729.015	03/09/2018		Hemington Landscape Services Inc.

At 3:30 p.m. on February 20, 2018, an employee was welding a leaking seam on a 5 0 gallon diesel tank using mig arc welding equipment. The employee was caught in a flash burn when diesel vapors leaked from the tank and ignited. The employ ee received third degree burns to his upper left arm pit and second degree burns to his upper left arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: arc welding, arm, burn, caught by, diesel fuel tank, hand, vapor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1300729.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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