Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131935.015 - Employee burns chest when drum catches fire during cutting

Accident Summary Nr: 131935.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507801.015	12/23/2020		336212	Premier Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on October 2, 2020, an employee working for a truck trailer manufacturer was cutting the lid off an empty 55-gallon drum. The drum still contained sufficient acetone vapors to ignite and the drum caught on fire. The fire flashed out of the bung hole and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat burns to his chest and shoulder.

Keywords: Acetone, Burn, Chemical, Chemical Vapor, Chest, Cutting, Drum, Fire, Flammable Liquid, Flammable Vapors, Ignite, Ignition, Inexperience, Lid, Metal Lid, Torch cutting, Trailer, Vapor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1507801.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury

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