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Accident: 200351211 - One Killed, One Burned When Primer Vapors Explode
Accident: 200351211 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 11/09/1999 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 302874334 | 11/22/1999 | 1799 | R L Dresser Inc | ||||
| Employees #1 and two coworkers were applying C1010 primer to a gym floor. There were two Vulcan industrial gas stoves in the room next to the gym, and the stoves had a total of twelve pilot lights. The vapors from the primer apparently reached the open flames of the pilot lights and ignited, resulting in an explosion and flashover. Employee #1 sustained fatal burns and one coworker suffered first- and second-degree burns over 20 to 30 percent of his body. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, pilot light, vapor, ventilation, flammable vapors, work rules, fire, construction, explosion, paint solvent
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | 1 | 15 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 302874334 | Fatality | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks FatCause: Fire/explosion |
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