Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201036837 - Employee's Arm Is Fractured in Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201036837 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305477960	01/26/2005	3087	325991	Cambro Manufacturing Company

Abstract: At 12:20 a.m. on December 30, 2004, Employee #1, was working in the injection molding area of a plastic products manufacturer freeing a jam of hardened resin in an injector nozzle by melting the resin with a propane torch. The impeller tube end cap of the JWS Injection Molder Model J385E, Serial Number 289730311, exploded. Employee #1 was taken to UCI Medical Center for treatment of facial burns, a fractured right arm, shrapnel injury to his torso, and smoke inhalation. Employee #1 was following written Cambro policy; however, the procedure was not specified by the manufacturer.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, PROPANE TORCH, EXPLOSION, PROPANE, ARM, SMOKE INHALATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305477960			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Molding and casting machine operators

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