Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116865.015 - Employees are burned in flash fire while breaking piping

Accident Summary Nr: 116865.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405972.015	06/05/2019		332710	Femco Holdings, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on June 5, 2019, an Employee #1, Employee #2 and Employee #3 were breaking piping with electric impact tools when a flash fire broke out burning the employees on their back, face, and hands. All three employees were hospitalized with burns to multiple body parts.

Keywords: Back, Burn, Chemical Vapor, Face, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Hand, Hand Tool, Pipe, Pipe Wrench, Smoke

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405972.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
2	1405972.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
3	1405972.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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