Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201127289 - Employee Receives Burn When Garment Catches Fire

Accident Summary Nr: 201127289 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 06/11/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310095708	06/30/2009	1791	238120	California Erectors

Abstract: On June 11, 2009, an employee, an ironworker, was wearing an orange safety vest garment with a blend of polyester and cotton. The employee was arching a steel plate out of a column, when his safety vest garment caught on fire. The employee received second and third degree burns for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, FIRE, ARC WELDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	56

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310095708			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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