Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163375 - Employee received burns when his shirt ignites from torch

Accident Summary Nr: 201163375 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126098276	12/06/2001	1795	0	L&M Loader Service

Abstract: On November 28, 2001, Employee #1 of L and M Loader Service in Calabasas, California was using an oxyacetylene cutting torch to cut some metal when sparks caught his shirt on fire. Employee #1 sustained second and some third degree burns to his back, chest, abdomen, and left hand and arm. He was hospitalized. The L&M Loader Service company's primary work is to demolish old service stations. This is accomplished by the use of backhoes, concrete breakers, skip loaders, hand tools, and cutting torches.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, ABDOMEN, PPE, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, TORCH, BACK, SPARK, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126098276			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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