Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119212.015 - Employee is burned by ignited ethanol vapors

Accident Summary Nr: 119212.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 08/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425443.015	08/20/2019		325193	Pacific Ethanol Aurora West, Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on August 9, 2019, Employee #1 was walking toward an open drain valve at an ethanol production facility. He intended to shut the open condensate-ethanol drain valve when an adjacent welding operation caused the ethanol vapors to ignite. Employee #1 sustained burns to his arms and face from the burning ethanol vapors and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Drain Pipe, Ethanol, Face, Flammable Vapors, Vapor, Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1425443.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Operations & systems researchers and analysts

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