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Accident Summary Nr: 14257562 - EMPLOYEES BURNED AND STRUCK BY FLYING PARTS AFTER EXPLOSION

Accident Summary Nr: 14257562 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 11/06/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14987994	11/08/1984	2657	0	Rexham Corporation Pineville Plant

Abstract: ON NOVEMBER 6, 1984, AT 4:20 PM, EMPLOYEES #1-6 WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL TO THE CLUTCH OF A ROYAL ZENITH PLANETA SUPER VARIANT OFFSET PRESS. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE GLAZE FROM THE CLUTCH TO PREVENT IT FROM SLIPPING. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED THE COVER PLATE OVER THE CLUTCH, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT UNIT ONE, OVER THE CLUTCH, AND UNIT SEVEN, AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MACHINE. EMPLOYEES #1-6 RECEIVED BURNS AND FRACTURES FROM THE FLYING DEBRIS. EMPLOYEES #7-9 WERE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET FROM UNIT 7 OF THE ZENITH PRESS. THESE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE STRUCK BY FLYING METAL FROM THE COVER OF THE EXPLODING GEAR BOX. EMPLOYEE #10 WAS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS. HIS CHEST WAS STRAINED AS A RESULT OF THE BLAST IMPACT FROM UNIT ONE OF THE ROYAL ZENITH PRESS.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, FRACTURE, PRINTING PRESS, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, CLUTCH, FIRE, EXPLOSION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
2	14987994	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations
3	14987994	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations
4	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Machinery maintenance occupations
5	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Managers and administrators, n.e.c
6	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Chief exec's & gen'l administrators, public admin.
7	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Printing machine operators
8	14987994	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Printing machine operators
9	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Printing machine operators
10	14987994	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Printing machine operators

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