Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200381002 - Employee Is Severly Burned in Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 200381002 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 09/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311879068	09/22/2010	5093	423930	Novey Recycling Company

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on September 22, 2010, Employee #1 was using an oxygen/acetylene torch to dismantle automobile radiators that had been discarded. As he used a 55-gallon drum, of unknown content, as a work surface, the heat from the cutting torch conducted to the unknown material, causing an explosion. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby medical facility, where he was hospitalized and treated for first and second degree burns to the face, neck, chest and arm, as well as temporary hearing loss.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, ACETYLENE TORCH, TORCH, EXPLOSION, HEARING LOSS, NECK, ARM, FACE, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311879068			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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