Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201038882 - Employee's Hands Are Burned by Leaking Freon

Accident Summary Nr: 201038882 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 11/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309904852	02/01/2007	1711	238220	G & A Refrigeration

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on November 6, 2006, Employee #1, a helper/trainee with G & A Refrigeration, was reinstalling a cooling line. He was exposed to Freon escaping from a partially open valve. Employee #1 was hospitalized for hand burns.

Keywords: BURN, LEAK, INSTALLING, REPAIR, FREON, REFRIGERANT, VALVE, CHEMICAL BURN, HAND, CHEMICAL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309904852			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Other

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