Accident Report Detail

Accident: 115641.015 - Employee Is Injured When Drum Explodes

**Accident: 115641.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/31/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1395415.015	04/23/2019		S. Moyle Masonry

At 9:30 a.m. on December 31, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor , was working at the site of an industrial equipment supplier. He was using a c utting torch to cut the tops off used 55-gallon metal drums when an explosion oc curred. A drum lid he was cutting flew off the drum and struck the employee. T he employee required hospitalization for a head injury and a fractured arm.

Keywords: arm, blunt force trauma, construction, cutting, drum, explosion, fracture, head, maintenance, projectile, struck by, torch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1395415.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons

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