Accident Report Detail
Accident: 67809.015 - Employee Using Torch Is Burned And Dies
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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994254.015 | 09/05/2014 | United Recycling Inc. |
At about 11:30 a.m. on August 26, 2014, Employee #1 was using an oxygen and prop ane cutting torch to cut a cylinder. He was last heard screaming for help and c o-workers found him sitting on the ground severely burned and without a shirt. H is torching vest, gloves, and goggles were neatly folded and sitting on the torc hing cart that he was using. Employee #1 received severe burns to the chest and abdomen and died.
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
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1 | 994254.015 | 53 | M | Fatality | Welders and cutters |