OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257208
KENYON HOME FURNISHINGS LTD
HIGH POINT, NC—
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING PIECES OF EXPLODING AIR COMPRESSOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS WALKING THROUGH THE BOILER ROOM ON HIS WAY OUT OF THE PLANT WHE LD. N A NEARBY AIR COMPRESSOR EXPLODED. HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS LACERATIONS, ESPECIALLY TO THE AREA OF HIS UPPER ARMS. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THE ACCIDENT OR OF A TWO-HOUR PERIOD AFTERWARD. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AROUND 1:30 PM. DETA ILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT WERE PROVIDED BY OTHER EMPLOYEES. VIRGIL MERRILL AIR REPA IR (14 N. WESTWOOD AVE., THOMASVILLE, N.C.) HAD PROVIDED THE AIR COMPRESSOR WHIL E THEY WERE REPAIRING ANOTHER FROM THE PLANT. IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYEE #1'S INJUR IES, THE EXPLOSION ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PLANT. THE NORTH CAROLINA BOILER AN D PRESSURE DIVISION DETERMINED THAT THE TANK HAD CRACKED DUE TO AN INADEQUATE WE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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