Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139547.015 - Employee burns arms, chest, and back when cutting torch leak

Accident Summary Nr: 139547.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 04/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1525800.015	04/19/2021		331110	Commercial Metals Company

Abstract: At 8:45 p.m. on April 19, 2021, an employee working as a structural steel worker for a steel mill was using an oxyacetylene torch which had sprung a leak. The fuel caught fire causing sparks to fall onto the employee's shirt. The employee was hospitalized to treat 1st and 2nd degree burns to his chest, arms and his back.

Keywords: Acetylene Torch, Arm, Back, Burn, Chest, Clothing, Cutting And Burning, Fire, Flame-Resistant Clothing (FRC), Iron Worker, Metal, Mill--Plant, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Skin, Steel, Steel Worker, Torch, Torch burning, Torch cutting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1525800.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker

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