Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764898 - Two employees injured in hydrogen furnace explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 170764898 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125590240	11/05/1998	2899	0	Carpenter Parmatech

Abstract: On December 5, 1998, Employees #1 and #2 were working on a CM hydrogen furnace that had jammed when the furnace exploded. They sustained flash burns to their faces and were taken to the emergency room at Petaluma Valley Hospital, where they were treated and released later the same day. The retrieval tool they were using was not suitable for servicing a hydrogen furnace, and may have been the ignition source for the explosion. The furnace had not been purged for 10 hours, as required by the manufacturer.

Keywords: BURN, FURNACE, HYDROGEN, WORK RULES, JAMMED, EXPLOSION, PURGING, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125590240			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Industrial engineering technicians
2	125590240			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Industrial engineering technicians

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