Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200922060 - Employee Is Burned in Chipping Machine Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 200922060 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 04/07/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315545970	04/08/2011	2411	113310	Pinecrest Timber Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315546424	04/19/2011	3548	332710	Miller Electric Manufacturing Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315623462	05/13/2011	3553	333210	Peterson Pacific Corporation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315546432	04/19/2011	7699	811310	Arcet Equipment Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315545970	04/08/2011	2411	113310	Pinecrest Timber Company

Abstract: On April 7, 2011, Employee #1 and three other employees, working for the Pine crest Timber Company, were preparing to perform welding operations on a Peterson 5000H Chipping machine using a Miller Electric manufacturing Legend AEAD 200LE welding unit. An Explosion and fire occurred in both pieces of equipment. The four employees were critically burned and hospitalized. Employee #1 died from his injury.

Keywords: EXPLOSION, BURN, FIRE, WELDER, ELEC EQUIPMENT--MISC, CHIPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315545970	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Timber cutting and logging occupations
2	315545970	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers
3	315546424			Occupation not reported
4	315623462			Occupation not reported
5	315546432			Occupation not reported
6	315545970	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Timber cutting and logging occupations
7	315545970	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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