Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14557995 - Employee dies of burns sustained in explosives fire

Accident Summary Nr: 14557995 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 06/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104709910	06/22/1987	7538	0	H & R Automotive
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104703145	07/06/1987	4213	0	Tri-State Motor Transit Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a co-owner were repairing a road hauling trailer that had been involved in a traffic accident. It contained Class B propellant explosives. Employee #1 was to cut away the trailer's roof support beams, which had bowed outward when the trailer flipped onto its side. The co-owner had water-soaked the trailer the evening before and again two hours prior to their beginning work. Employee #1 had cut through three beams and was starting on the fourth when a flash fire occurred. He sustained burns over 80 percent of his body and died several days later.

Keywords: EXPLOSIVES, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, BURN, REPAIR, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, TORCH, TRAILER, CHEMICAL, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104709910			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Welders and cutters
2	104703145					Occupation Not Listed

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