Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 602540 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN A FLASH FIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 602540 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/28/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110121225	09/18/1991	1752	0	Bobby Woodrow Dba Woodrow Decorators

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WAS APPLYING SEALER COMPOUND TO A HARDWOOD FLOOR IN A SMALL HALL AREA. ANOTHER WORKER WAS APPLYING SEALER IN THE DINING ROOM. THE SEALER CONTAINED NAPHTHA AND MINERAL SPIRITS, AND WAS MADE BY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURNED TO DEATH WHEN A FLASH FIRE OCCURRED (HE WAS BURNED OVER 75% OF HIS BODY). EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT A CIGARETTE LIGHTER MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF IGNITION. THE MAIN ELECTRICAL BREAKER TO THE HOUSE WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION, AND THE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY TO THE HOUSE WAS SHUT OFF. A PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES AND A BUTT, SAME BRAND, WAS FOUND IN THE KITCHEN. A CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS FOUND ON EMPLOYEE #1.

Keywords: BURN, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, NAPHTHA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110121225			Fatality	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported

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