Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115460.015 - Employee using torch to cut metal sustains burn to thumb

Accident Summary Nr: 115460.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 04/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1393810.015	04/05/2019		333210	Vicksburg Forest Products

Abstract: At 7:45 p.m. on April 1, 2019, an employee was working as a welder at a sawmill and merchant of wood products. He was cutting metal with a torch, when his oxygen hose burst. The employee suffered a burn to his left thumb. He was hospitalized. There was a hole in the acetylene line too.

Keywords: Acetylene Torch, Burn, Cutting, Flammable Vapors, Hose, Inadequate Maint, Oxygen, Sawmill, Thumb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1393810.015	34	F	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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