Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140239.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Burns When Flammable Vapors Ignite

Accident Summary Nr: 140239.015 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 10/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1558182.015	10/18/2021		335311	Neeltran, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:16 a.m. on October 12, 2021, an employee was cleaning leads for power distribution and transformer equipment. The employee had quenched the copper leads in a 10% denatured alcohol solution and was adding more alcohol to a pitcher that had been used to quench hot wires. There were flames in the pitcher that the employee could not see because he was working outside. The vapors of the newly added alcohol ignited and burned the employee. The employee sustained second and third degree burns on his hands, forearms, and legs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Alcohol, Burn, Face, Fire, Flammable Liquid, Flammable Vapors, Forearm, Hand, Ignite

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1558182.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury

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