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Accident: 51066.015 - Employee Dies After Solvent Ignites In An Auto Body Shop

Accident: 51066.015 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 08/19/2013
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
934163.01508/21/2013Rick'S Auto Body
At 10:00 a.m. on August 19, 2013, an employee was working for an auto body shop. He was transferring flammable solvent liquid from a plastic 18.9-liter (5-gallon) bucket into a plastic 208.2 (55-gallon0 drum via a metal funnel. The flammable vapors ignited, probably from static electricity. The employee sustained third-degree burns to 95 percent of his body. He was hospitalized, and he died. Other workers were also involved. The file said that two workers were not hospitalized and that two workers were hospitalized. The employee who died might have been one of the hospitalized workers.
Keywords: pouring, automotive repair, burn, flammable liquid, flammable vapors, combustible liquid, static electricity
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 934163.015 44 M Fatality Burn/Scald(Heat) Automobile mechanics

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