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Accident: 170247233 - Employee Killed In Explosion Of 55 Gallon Metal Barrel

Accident: 170247233 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 06/26/1990
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11155978706/26/19900723Custom Apple Packers Inc
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on June 26, 1990, Employee #1 was using an oxygen-acetylene cutting torch to cut the top out of a metal 55 gallon barrel that had contained Shield Brite AP-40, a bright coating for apples. The barrel exploded, driving the top of the barrel and the cutting torch into Employee #1's head, causing massive head injury. He died.
Keywords: head, acetylene torch, flammable vapors, work rules, torch, explosion, flying object, cutting and burning
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 111559787 Hospitalized injury Concussion Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics

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