Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201062742 - Employee fractured leg due to explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201062742 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/29/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126002484	11/08/1999	3731	0	Southwest Marine

Abstract: A shipyard machine shop employee was attempting to remove the hollow bronze nut from the end of a pump impeller/shaft assembly by heating it with an oxy-acetylene torch. The nut exploded, projecting shrapnel through the shop and striking the employee in the lower left leg. He sustained an open fracture of his left tibia and fibula, and was hospitalized. The explosion was caused by trapped water inside the hollow structure which turned to steam, expanded, and ruptured the bronze nut.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MACHINIST, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126002484			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinists

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