Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201859915 - Employee Is Burned and Asphyxiated in Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201859915 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 03/31/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313572539	04/01/2011	1731	238210	Dixon Electrical Systems And Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was conducting electrical diagnostics on a tap precipitator in a coke plant. The employee removed the wrong hatch mistakenly, allowing coke oven gas to escape into the atmosphere. The coke oven gas exploded and blew Employee #1 off an elevated platform. Employee #1 suffered fatal burns and asphyxiation.

Keywords: BURN, ASPHYXIATED, COKE OVEN, CONSTRUCTION, EXPLOSION, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313572539			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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