Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14257562 - Employees Burned And Struck By Flying Parts After Explosion
Accident: 14257562 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 11/06/1984 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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14987994 | 11/08/1984 | 2657 | Rexham Corporation Pineville Plant | ||||
ON NOVEMBER 6, 1984, AT 4:20 PM, EMPLOYEES #1-6 WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL TO THE CLUTCH OF A ROYAL ZENITH PLANETA SUPER VARIANT OFFSET PRESS. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE GLAZE FROM THE CLUTCH TO PREVENT IT FROM SLIPPING. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED THE COVER PLATE OVER THE CLUTCH, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT UNIT ONE, OVER THE CLUTCH, AND UNIT SEVEN, AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MACHINE. EMPLOYEES #1-6 RECEIVED BURNS AND FRACTURES FROM THE FLYING DEBRIS. EMPLOYEES #7-9 WERE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET FROM UNIT 7 OF THE ZENITH PRESS. THESE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE STRUCK BY FLYING METAL FROM THE COVER OF THE EXPLODING GEAR BOX. EMPLOYEE #10 WAS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS. HIS CHEST WAS STRAINED AS A RESULT OF THE BLAST IMPACT FROM UNIT ONE OF THE ROYAL ZENITH PRESS. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, chest, fracture, printing press, isopropyl alcohol, clutch, fire, explosion, struck by, flying object
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Supervisors, mechanics and repairers | |||
2 | 14987994 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Supervisors, production occupations | |||
3 | 14987994 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Machinery maintenance occupations | |||
4 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Machinery maintenance occupations | |||
5 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Managers and administrators, n.e.c | |||
6 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Chief exec's & gen'l administrators, public admin. | |||
7 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Printing machine operators | |||
8 | 14987994 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Printing machine operators | |||
9 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Printing machine operators | |||
10 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Strain/Sprain | Printing machine operators |