Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115777.015 - Employee is burned following furnace explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 115777.015 -- Report ID: 1054191 -- Event Date: 01/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1392871.015	01/09/2019	3325	331513	317723023 - Esco Group Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 p.m. on January 7, 2019, an employee was working near a furnace when he was hit in the left knee by super heated oxygen. An explosion occurred in the furnace due to a malfunctioning oxygen lance causing the release. The employee's FR clothing failed allowing the hot material to contact and burn his knee, resulting in him being hospitalized.

Keywords: Burn, Clothing, Fire, Furnace, High Temperature, Inadequate Maint, Knee, Maintenance, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Melting Furnace, Molten Metal, Oxygen, PPE, Protective Clothing, Steel-Melting Furn, Temperature, Training

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1392871.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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