Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519201 - GASOLINE VAPORS IGNITED; PAINT POT EXPLODED

Accident Summary Nr: 14519201 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/22/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2293850	06/25/1985	1799	0	Columbia Welding & Supply Co

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON JUNE 22, 1985, EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #7 WERE USING GASOLINE TO CLEAN UP SOME SPRAY PAINTING EQUIPMENT. A SPRAY PAINT POT, TWO GALLON SIZE, WAS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH GASOLINE AND THEN PRESSURIZED WITH PURE OXYGEN FROM AN OXYGEN CYLINDER. (THE PRESSURE IN THE CYLINDER WAS ABOUT 100 PSI.) A VIOLENT EXPLOSION TORE THE SPRAY POT APART, SHOWERING THE EMPLOYEES WITH FLYING PIECES OF THE POT AND FLAMES. ALL SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: BURN, OXYGEN, CLEANING, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, EXPLOSION, HIGH PRESSURE, GASOLINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported
2	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
3	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
4	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
7	2293850	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported

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