Accident Report Detail
Accident: 108767.015 - Employee Is Caught In Drum Explosion And Fractures Skull
Accident: 108767.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 08/29/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1343271.015 | 08/30/2018 | Growmark, Inc. | |||||
At 1:00 p.m. on August 29, 2018, an employee was cutting open an empty barrel th at had previously held Isopropyl Alcohol with a plasma torch when it exploded, s ending it flying upwards and struck his face. The employee sustained several fa cial lacerations when his welding helmet broke and struck his head against the c oncrete floor when he fell backwards. The employee fractured his skull and was bleeding from his brain. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
alcohol, brain, drum, explosion, face, flying object, fracture, laceration, skull, struck by, vapor, welding
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1343271.015 | 25 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |