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Accident Summary Nr: 200053270 - Employee Is Burned When Air Compressor Fails

Accident Summary Nr: 200053270 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 09/03/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311463392	09/03/2008	2013	311612	Cook'S Ham, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 a.m. on September 3, 2008, an industrial air compressor (Atlas Copco, Model Number GAU809) catastrophically failed in the engine room of a large meat processing facility. An aluminum air cooler burst, causing a spill of approximately 16 gallons of machine oil, which then ignited. Employee #1 was hospitalized for second-degree burns to both arms. The air compressor was installed in 1986 with no major mechanical issues since installation. The air cooling component that failed was replaced two years before the incident.

Keywords: BURN, AIR PRESSURE, COMPRESSOR, FIRE, LUBRICATING FLUID, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SPILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311463392			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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