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Accident Summary Nr: 14549935 - LACQUER THINNER VAPORS IGNITED, BURNING EMPLOYEES

Accident Summary Nr: 14549935 -- Report ID: 0454721 -- Event Date: 06/12/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15168099	07/12/1984	1521	0	Aaa Construction Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND EMPLOYEE #2 WERE STRIPPING FINISH FROM A KITCHEN CABINET AT 4861 EAST SHORE DRIVE. THEY WERE USING A LACQUER THINNER. A FLASH FIRE, SUSPECTED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM, BROKE OUT AND SPREAD TO THE KITCHEN. EMPLOYEE #1 RAN TO THE BACK DOOR, WHICH WAS DEADBOLTED. EMPLOYEE #2 RAN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. WHEN EMPLOYEE #2 GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT AROUND, HE RAN TO THE BACK DOOR. EMPLOYEE #2 KICKED IN THE BACK DOOR AND WAS ABLE TO GET EMPLOYEE #1 OUT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SEVERELY BURNED OVER 75% OF HIS BODY. EMPLOYEE #2 SUSTAINED MINOR BURNS ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE FLASH FIRE STARTED FROM VAPOR ACCUMULATION FROM THE LACQUER THINNER IN THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM.

Keywords: BURN, LACQUER THINNER, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15168099			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Carpenter apprentices
2	15168099			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Carpenter apprentices

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