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Accident Summary Nr: 202080271 - Employee Is Injured after Struck by Shattered Guard

Accident Summary Nr: 202080271 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 10/29/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313977613	10/29/2009	3999	339999	Buckeye Fire Equipment Company

Abstract: On October 29, 2009, Employee #1 was performing pressures tests on 30-pound fire extinguisher bodies, using a test machine run in automatic mode. Employee #1 loaded four bodies/cylinders into the machine and started the test cycle by activating the two-hand control. The machine submerged the fire extinguishers into a water bath, and the bodies were to be pressurized to approximately 640 psi. As Employee #1 was observing for water bubbles, which indicated that the body did not pass the pressure test, one fire extinguisher body ruptured. The 0.375-inch-thick Lexan cover/guard, used as an observation port, blew apart. Piece(s) of the cover/guard and/or air pressure struck Employee #1 in the face and head. Employee #1 sustained multiple facial fractures and was hospitalized.

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, FRACTURE, FIRE EXTINGUISHER, GUARD, RUPTURE, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313977613			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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