Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201760568 - ONE KILLED AND FOUR INJURED IN FLASH FIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 201760568 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 12/18/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301310785	12/18/1997	3479	0	Sermatech Dynamic

Abstract: Several employees were working in the application of a thermal aluminum coating on pipes and cylindrical shapes. The process generated a large accumulation of aluminum dust from the overspray of the thermal aluminum spray coating guns, and the dust ignited causing a flash fire or explosion. Five workers were seriously burned. Two were given medical attention and released that same day. The other three were hospitalized, two with 90 percent and one with 13 percent of their body's burned. On February 6, 1998, one of the hospitalized employees died.

Keywords: BURN, ALUMINUM DUST, FIRE, EXPLOSION, SPRAYING RIG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301310785	Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	301310785	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
3	301310785	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
4	301310785	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
5	301310785	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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