Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600583 - Employee burned when spray paint can explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 200600583 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302342902	07/12/1999	1791	0	Bwt'S Welding & Associates, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a welder, was using an oxygen/acetylene torch to cut steel. He was working directly over two spray paint cans full of primer when one of them exploded. Employee #1 sustained burns on his arms and face, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ACETYLENE TORCH, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PAINT, EXPLOSION, COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, FACE, CUTTING AND BURNING, HIGH TEMPERATURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302342902			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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