Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18530048 - Kolortex Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Inspection Nr: 18530048

Report ID: 0453710

Date Opened: 07/19/1988

Site Address:
Kolortex Corporation
2900 Horseshoe Lane
Charlotte, NC 28208

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 19034, Charlotte, NC 28219

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2262

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/26/1988

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/26/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360610828

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 1000769

Event: 07/19/1988

Employee injured when struck by exploding boiler door

At or about 8 a.m., Employee #1, the plant engineer, and the maintenance superintendent had checked for a problem with the gas flame of the Dowtherm boiler (heater) unit. They could find nothing wrong and Employee #1 instructed the superintendent to fire it off. The superintendent left the boiler room and went outside the plant building to the control panel to ignite the unit while Employee #1 remained in the boiler room. Upon ignition of the unit, the boiler door was blown off, apparently due to a gas leak and vaporization of leaking oil used in the coil. Employee #1 sustained a mild concussion and a jaw fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, BOILER, EXPLOSION, GAS LEAK, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FLYING OBJECT, FACE, DOOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18530048			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Mechanical engineering technicians

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