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Accident: 170238885 - Employees Burnt When Vapors Ignited A Gas Heater

Accident: 170238885 -- Report ID: 1055310 -- Event Date: 12/17/2001
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30483022712/18/20015713Unique Interiors Inc
Two employees of Unique Interiors Inc., were installing a bathtub surround in the bathroom of a single family home. While applying contact cement to the back of the tub surround, the vapors from the cement ignited the pilot light in a gas powered water heater. Because of the lack of ventilation, the vapors and the heater created a flat tire. Employee #1 was burned over 90 percent of his body and died. Employee #2 was burnt over 15 percent of his body and he was hospitalized.
Keywords: vapor, ventilation, heater, explosion
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 304830227 Hospitalized injury Burn/Scald(Heat) Occupation not reported
2 304830227 Fatality Burn/Scald(Heat) Occupation not reported

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