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

Accident Summary Nr: 200600583 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/12/1999
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30234290207/12/199917910Bwt'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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