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Accident: 67011.015 - Employee Struck By Object From Explosion Is Killed

Accident: 67011.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/21/2014
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
992186.01508/21/2014Madden Bolt Corporation
At about 8:15 p.m. on August 21, 2014, Employee #1 was standing on a 2-inch steel plate, retrieving some items that were previously cut with an Oxy-Fuel torch. An explosion occurred from underneath the table he was standing on and he was thrown, landing on the opposite side of the table. The 2-inch steel plate, weighing approximately 8,000 pounds, partially fell on him and killed him.
Keywords: pinned, struck by, crushed, explosion, torch
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 992186.015 31 M Fatality Other Laborers, except construction

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