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Accident Summary Nr: 692210 - Employee dies of burns when acetylene torch ignites solvent

Accident Summary Nr: 692210 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 04/18/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3333549	05/12/1986	2435	0	Weyerhaeuser Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was acting as a fire watch for a coworker who was using an acetylene torch. A spark ignited an 8 gallon plastic can of solvent that was 4 ft away. Employee #1 picked up the can and apparently dropped it, splashing the burning solvent onto his upper body. His clothes ignited and he sustained second-degree burns on his upper body. Employee #1 died of complications from the burns at 4:20 a.m. on May 12, 1986.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, ACETYLENE TORCH, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, WORK RULES, FIRE, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3333549			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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