Inspection Detail
Inspection: 312431158 - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office
Site Address:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Air Force Plt.#42/Ave M & 20th Street East
Palmdale, CA 93550
Mailing Address:
1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, CA 93599
Union Status: Union
SIC:3721
NAICS: 336411/Aircraft Manufacturing
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 09/21/2009
Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 09/24/2009
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
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Accident | 102544616 |
Investigation Summary
At 1:30 p.m. on March 23, 2009, Employee #1 was in the pilot equipment laboratory room at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company calibrating the oxygen fill system high pressure gauges with an oxygen laboratory gauge test kit. Employee #1, following the oxygen test procedures, pressurized the system to 1,900 psi as shown on the indicator. When Employee #1 pressurized the system, from 1,950 psi to 2,000 psi for precision, one of the hoses failed, leaking oxygen. This resulted in a fire and explosion in the laboratory equipment system weld valve set up. Employee #1 burned his right hand from the fire, and Employee #2, Employee #3, and Employee #4 helped Employee #1 to the water in the sink to cool his burned hand. Employee #2 then called the Fire Department and ambulance. Employee #1 was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital and was then transferred to the Sherman Oaks Burn Center, where he was admitted on March 26, 2009 for two days. Employee #1 received second- and third-degree burns to his right hand.
Keywords: BURN, OXYGEN, FIRE, EXPLOSION, LAB WORKER, HAND
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 312431158 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Engineering technicians, n.e.c. |