Accident Report Detail
Accident: 781864 - Employee Burned When Gas Ignites
Accident: 781864 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 10/16/1990 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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112336698 | 10/18/1990 | 3312 | A K Steel Corporation | ||||
Employees were burning a nut off an expansion rod in order to remove an expansion joint from the steam pipe that entered the still column at the sulfi-ban unit. Gas was ignited and Employee #1 sustained second-degree burns on his face and hands. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, flammable vapors, fire, gas, explosion, face, hand, cutting and burning
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 112336698 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported |