Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 822411 - Employees burned by flash fire in school cafeteria

Accident Summary Nr: 822411 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 04/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104400445	04/21/1988	9311	0	Montgomery Blair High School

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, both janitors, were removing a 5 gallon bucket of sealer that had been left open for approximately half an hour near the pilot lights of a stove in the cafeteria at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD. When the sealer was stirred, a fire erupted and the contents either spilled or exploded onto Employees #1 and #2. Both suffered second-degree burns. Employee #1 sustained burns over 90 percent of his body; Employee #2 was burned over 10 percent of his body. They were taken to Washington Hospital Burn Center.

Keywords: BURN, JANITOR, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, WORK RULES, FIRE, EXPLOSION, SPILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104400445			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Janitors and cleaners
2	104400445			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Janitors and cleaners

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