Accident Report Detail
Accident: 103739.015 - Employee Suffers Second And Third Degree Burns When Welding
Accident: 103739.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/20/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1300729.015 | 03/09/2018 | Hemington Landscape Services Inc. | |||||
At 3:30 p.m. on February 20, 2018, an employee was welding a leaking seam on a 5 0 gallon diesel tank using mig arc welding equipment. The employee was caught in a flash burn when diesel vapors leaked from the tank and ignited. The employ ee received third degree burns to his upper left arm pit and second degree burns to his upper left arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
arc welding, arm, burn, caught by, diesel fuel tank, hand, vapor
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1300729.015 | 24 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |