Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100425.015 - Employee Sustains Burns To Legs When Fire Flares Up
Accident: 100425.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 10/02/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1274915.015 | 11/01/2017 | Attic Breeze, Llc | |||||
At 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufac tured attic fans. There was a powder coating process in use at the factory. Resi due from the powder coating booth had gradually accumulated in a vacuum cleaner and filters from the booth. The employee had to empty the residue. The employee s supervisor had been burning scrap wood, old pallets and boxes in a burn pit. T he employee took the vacuum cleaner filled with powder to the burn pit. He dumpe d the vacuum cleaners contents into the burn pit. There was still a fire smolde ring in the burn pit. The powder ignited and flared up. The employee sustained f irst and second degree burns on both legs. He was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, combustible dust, fire, leg, paint, paint booth, powder
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1274915.015 | 22 | M | Hospitalized injury | Painting and paint spraying machine operators |