Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14232946 - One employee killed, one injured in explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 14232946 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 03/05/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
607366	03/07/1988	4581	0	Stambaugh'S Air Service, Incorporated

Abstract: An employee was sawing an airplane wing into sections with a portable gasoline-operated hand saw and created a spark that caused an explosion of the gasoline vapors in the wing fuel tank section. Employee #1 died and Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, WING, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, EXPLOSION, SPARK, GASOLINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	607366			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	607366			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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