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Accident: 115669.015 - Employee Suffers Concussion And Laceration From Explosion
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1395683.015 | 04/25/2019 | Exide Technologies |
At 5:45 a.m. on April 19, 2019, an employee was working for a manufacturer of st orage batteries. She was cleaning the floor. Nearby, a coworker was using a hand torch near Line 15. It was part of a wall-mounted hand torch array, or torch bo x. As the employee was cleaning the floor 0.6 to 0.9 meters (2 to 3 feet) in fro nt of the array, an explosion occurred within the torch box. The explosion dislo dged the array or torch cover. Shrapnel from the flying cover struck the employe e in the back of her head. She suffered a concussion and a laceration to her hea d. She was transported to a local hospital for treatment. She was hospitalized.
Keywords:
cleaning, concussion, emergency response, explosion, flying object, head, laceration, shrapnel, struck by, torch
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1395683.015 | 48 | F | Hospitalized injury |