Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 170207146 - Employee Burned In Oxygen-Acetylene Fire

**Accident: 170207146 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 04/03/1991**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
111788725	04/08/1991	5153	Isaacson Grain Co.

Employee #1 was using an oxygen-acetylene torch to cut apart a wrecked trailer when he fell or was knocked into an area where oxygen was leaking from some severed hoses. The mixture of oxygen and the acetylene from his torch ignited, and he sustained burns.

Keywords: burn, oxygen, acetylene torch, dismantling, flammable vapors, acetylene, work rules, fall, cutting and burning

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	111788725			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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