Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202530093 - Employee suffers thermal burns to rights side of body

Accident Summary Nr: 202530093 -- Report ID: 0950664 -- Event Date: 05/21/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313640575	06/01/2010	1629	237120	Brinderson Engineers & Constructors

Abstract: At 5:00 pm, on May 21, 2010, Employee #1, a contract welder of Brinderson Engineers & Constructors received thermal burns while welding a 20 in. pipe spool in an oil pipeline project. Employee #1 sweatshirt caught fire while arc welding a 20 in. pipe spool at a crude oil pipeline distribution construction project located in a crude oil production collection system. Welding sparks from the weld arc struck and landed on the employee's sweatshirt catching it on fire. Employee #1 received 1st and 2nd degree thermal burns to the right side of body between the arm pit and waist. Employee #1 was hospitalized at San Joaquin Medical Center Burn Unit, for more than 24 hours.

Keywords: BURN, LUBRICATING FLUID, PIPELINE, ARM, ARC WELDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313640575			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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