Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142321.015 - Employee incurs burns to face and torso using cutting torch

Accident Summary Nr: 142321.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 12/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570493.015	12/29/2021		423930	Standard Iron & Metal Co., Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was using a cutting torch to cut stainless steel. A mixture of propane and oxygen leaking from the cutting torch produced a flash fire which struck the employee. The employee incurred burns to his face and torso, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Burn, Cutting, Cutting And Burning, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Face, Fire, Flash, Gas, Gas Leak, Hazard Assessment, Heat, High Temperature, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Leak, Oxygen, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Propane, Propane Torch, Steel, Struck By, Supervision, Torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570493.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported

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