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Accident: 733105 - Employee Injured When 55 Gallon Drum Exploded

Accident: 733105 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/03/1988
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10243066703/21/19886531Medina Management Co.
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:55 PM ON MARCH 3, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A TORCH TO REMOVE THE TOPS FROM 55 GALLON DRUMS WHICH CONTAINED A PETROLEUM PRODUCT RESIDUE. HE HAD REMOVED THE TOPS FROM THREE STEEL DRUMS. WHEN HE TOUCHED THE TOP OF THE FOURTH DRUM WITH THE TORCH, THE DRUM EXPLODED. THE TOP FLEW OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE FACE AND HEAD, BREAKING HIS GOGGLES AND CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED AND IS IN A COMA.
Keywords: head, flammable vapors, work rules, drum, explosion, struck by, face, cutting and burning
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 102430667 Hospitalized injury Other Laborers, except construction

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