Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 817387 - Employee Dies When Clothes Ignited By Cutting Torch

**Accident: 817387 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 12/16/1992**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
113216972	12/17/1992	3351	Waterbury Rolling Mills Inc

Employee #1 was cutting a piece of steel with an oxyacetylene torch when his clothing was ignited. He sustained 3rd-degree burns over 80 percent of his body and died 10 days later.

Keywords: burn, clothing, acetylene torch, ppe, work rules, cutting and burning

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	113216972			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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