Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200012540 - Employee Killed in Magnesium Fire

Accident Summary Nr: 200012540 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 02/01/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109589515	02/02/2007	1711	238220	Mexico Heating Co., Inc.

Abstract: On February 1, 2007, Employee #1, the job foreman, was welding from an aerial lift. His coworker, a laborer/apprentice, was observing and acting as a fire watch from a scissors lift. The area directly below Employee #1 contained magnesium shavings and cuttings. Welding sparks and slag from the welding operation landed in the magnesium shavings/cuttings, causing a violent fire that consumed Employee #1. He sustained severe burns, fire and smoke inhalation, asphyxia and was killed.

Keywords: BURN, LUNG, ASPHYXIATED, FIRE, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, WELDING, MOLTEN METAL, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109589515			Fatality	Asphyxia	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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