Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 881235 - Employee burned in explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 881235 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 03/01/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106419153	03/01/1994	3442	0	Pease Industries

Abstract: Employee #1 struck a container of flammable glue with the fork of a fork truck and punctured it. The flammable glue spilled onto the floor. Coworkers moved the leaking container to another location to try to transfer the glue to another container. Employee #1 had returned to clean the floor with sawdust when there was an explosion; he was burned and required hospitalization. The explosion may have been caused by the Raymond model 60-C4 OTT type E electric fork truck that Employee #1 was using.

Keywords: BURN, SAWDUST, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, GLUE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, FIRE, EXPLOSION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SPILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106419153			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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