OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464002
FETTIGS BODY SHOP
ELWOOD, IN—
Event description
TORCH IGNITED ENAMEL THINNER, NATURAL GAS LEAK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION. HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN USING AN ACET YLENE TORCH WHILE DOING AUTOMOBILE REPAIR WORK. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE ACCIDENTL Y UPSET A NEARBY CAN OF ENAMEL THINNER WHICH IGNITED FROM THE TORCH FLAME. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A NATURAL GAS LEAK INSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHICH EX PLODED WHEN THE FIRE ERUPTED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS IN THE OFFICE AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHEN THE FIRE ERUPTED. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO INTO THE SHOP. WHEN HE SAW TH E INTENSITY OF THE FIRE, HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING. HIS HAIR WAS SINGED A ND HIS HAND CUT WHILE HE WAS FLEEING THE BUILDING. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 514
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 514
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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