Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147809.015 - Employee Is Killed In Dust Cloud Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 147809.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 07/04/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1607512.015	07/12/2022		333111	West Alabama Mechanical Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on July 4, 2022, an employee was cutting off a motor and base of a dust collection system using an oxygen acetylene torch at a farm machinery and equipment manufacturing facility. When the employee was moving the cutoff motor base, a dust cloud formed and ignited causing an explosion. The employee sustained second and third degree burns to the head, both arms, and torso, and was killed.

Keywords: acetylene torch, arm, burn, combustible dust, dust, dust collector, explosion, face, farm machinery, fire, ignite, torch, torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1607512.015	56	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters

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