Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 944025 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY EXPLODING AEROSOL CAN

Accident Summary Nr: 944025 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/11/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18462010	07/11/1989	5999	0	Kitchen & Bath Shoppe Of The Triad, Inc.

Abstract: At about 10:05 a.m. on July 13, 1989, an employee of Kitchen and Bath Shoppe of the Triad, Incorporated, was stacking sealed cartons of whipped cream in aerosol cans on a wooden pallet. As the employee placed cartons on the pallet, one of the aerosol cans in a box ruptured and came through the top of the cardboard box. The can struck the employee on the left side of his face and fractured his cheek bones and the bones around his left eye. Employee also suffered a damaged tear duct; a detached retina; and, a laceration of the eyelid.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, PRESSURE RELEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18462010			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Hand packers and packagers

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