Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14553499 - One employee killed, one injured in lab explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 14553499 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 09/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116112194	09/18/1995	2992	0	J.D. Streett & Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 15, 1995, Employee #1 was installing a new atomic absorption unit. He was not satisfied with the operational flame of the unit and was adjusting the gas flow of acetylene with nitrous oxide when an explosion and fire occurred. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2, who was performing a lab procedure adjacent to Employee #1, was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, INSTALLING, ACETYLENE, WORK RULES, FIRE, EXPLOSION, NITROUS OXIDE, SET UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116112194			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	116112194			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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