Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115630.015 - Employee's hands, arms, and face are burned in flammable vap

Accident Summary Nr: 115630.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 03/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1391287.015	04/23/2019		562991	A Restroom Trailer Co

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on March 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a trailer manufacturing company, was using an electric Sawzall to cut his way out of a restroom trailer. He had just finished applying a flammable adhesive to the wallboard in the trailer. There was not adequate ventilation for the flammable adhesive vapors in the trailer so an explosion occurred during cutting. Employee #1 received burns to his hands, arms, and face from the flash explosion. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Cutting And Burning, Electric Saw, Explosion, Face, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Hand, Trailer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1391287.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury

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