Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202528543 - Employee Is Injured in Liquid Oxygen Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 202528543 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/02/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309909620	05/22/2008	3721	336411	The Boeing Company

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m., on April 2, 2008, Employees #1 and #2 with over 12 years experience were beginning to pump liquid oxygen into the lower nose area of a C-17 Canadian Air Force transport plane. LOX cart 0865 was bonded and grounded. However, the nozzle fitting did not mate properly to the plane and an explosion at the connection site shattered Employee #1's right hand. Also, pieces of the nozzle struck him in the head and arm. The explosion made a hole in the refueling bay of the plane. Employee #2 was not injured. Employee #1 was taken to Long Beach Memorial Hospital for reconstructive operations on his right hand. The Division opened an inspection of this incident at The Boeing Company site on May 22, 2008.

Keywords: FUEL LINE, HEAD, REFUELING, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, ARM, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309909620			Hospitalized injury	Other	Aircraft mechanics, excluding engine

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