Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201798253 - Employee Is Burned While Welding

Accident Summary Nr: 201798253 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 01/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301331468	02/04/2004	4925	221210	Southern Cal Gas Co.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on January 20, 2004, Employee #1, a lead construction technician for Southern California Gas Company, was taking a refresher test in the training shop and was welding with a gas torch when hot spatter from the metal he was welding fell into his glove. He suffered third degree burns on his left wrist. He was hospitalized 6 days later, on January 26, 2004, when his arm developed an infection and stayed 2 nights in the Sherman Oaks Burn Center in Sherman Oaks, CA.

Keywords: BURN, ACETYLENE TORCH, WELDING, TORCH, MOLTEN METAL, FLYING OBJECT, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301331468			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Welders and cutters

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