Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200670586 - Employee dies of burns sustained when hexane ignites

Accident Summary Nr: 200670586 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/09/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300493723	07/09/1997	3011	0	Thompson Aerospace Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was dispensing liquid hexane directly onto hot molds from a hose attached to a rotary hand pump. The hexane was allowed to spill down onto the front of a LP-powered Mitsubishi forklift that was running underneath it. The hexane vapors ignited and Employee #1 sustained third-degree burns, He was killed.

Keywords: BURN, VAPOR, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SPILL, CHEMICAL, HEXANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300493723			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, production occupations

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