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Accident Summary Nr: 25635.015 - Two employees are killed and a third sustains burns from a f

Accident Summary Nr: 25635.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/19/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
587409.015	08/19/2012		238910	Jordan General Contractors Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on August 12, 2012, three employees were working for a demolition contractor. They were demolishing a single-story building some 7.6 meters (twenty-five feet) tall. Two of the employees were using a shovel to clean blast material from the top of a deflector, when a third employee used a cutting torch to cut the bracket that held the deflector to the ceiling. When the employee used the cutting torch to cut the deflector from the ceiling, a flash fire occurred. OSHA sampling of the blast material in the blast room determined that the material involved was combustible dust. Two employees sustained thermal and possible blunt force trauma and they were killed. The third employee sustained burns and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Acetylene Torch, Burn, Combustible Dust, Construction, Cutting And Burning, Demolition, Fire

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		Demolition			1	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	587409.015	27	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:
2	587409.015	36	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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