Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201160124 - Employee burned when clothes catch on fire during welding

Accident Summary Nr: 201160124 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 10/08/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126096213	10/18/1996	4212	0	Tate Trucking

Abstract: Employee #1, a welder, was standing underneath a truck, engaged in an overhead welding job when one of his coworkers called over and told him he was on fire. He had been standing directly beneath the material he was welding, and the sparks created had fallen onto his clothing. The shirt and pants beneath his leather apron were smoldering, and he suffered first- and second-degree burns on his legs and on the front of his body. Paramedics transported Employee #1 to Good Samaritan Hospital.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, WORK RULES, FIRE, WELDER, TORSO, WELDING, SPARK, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126096213			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Welders and cutters

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