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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 96407.015 - Employee Is Struck By A Cap When Vapors Ignite While Cutting

**Accident: 96407.015 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 06/12/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1240585.015	06/15/2017		Black Hills Trucking

At 7:30 a.m. on June 12, 2017, an employee was cutting a section of a mud pump u sing a welder. The vapors in the mud pump ignited and a cap forced from one end of the mud pump struck the employee. The employee sustained an internal chest in jury.

Keywords: compressed gas, hazardous waste, pressure piping, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1240585.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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