Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 79884.015 - Scrap yard worker is killed when military ordnance explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 79884.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 09/23/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1094485.015	09/24/2015		423930	The Kippur Corporation

Abstract: At 12:41 p.m. on September 23, 2015, an employee was working for a firm that wholesaled recyclable materials. He was using a cutting torch to cut up scrap metal. Military ordnance in the form of a bomb had been placed in the scrap metal. The bomb partially exploded. The employee was caught in the fire and blast from the explosion. He sustained a concussion and puncture wounds from the shrapnel. He also sustained burns and he was killed.

Keywords: Burn, Concussion, Explosion, Explosives, Laceration, Scrap Metal, Scrap Yard, Struck By, Torch

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1094485.015	47	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters

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