Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson Enterprises Inc., 151 Randolph st, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY 07055
on — Burns and corrosions, unspecified , affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee received burns to his face due to an aerosol spray paint can explosion.
An employee was cleaning up steel banding. The banding whipped and cut the employee, causing an inch-deep laceration about an inch above the right elbow.
An employee was retrieving PVC pipes from storage for a customer. The PVC pipe bundles were stacked. When the employee cut the bands on a PVC pipe bundle near the bottom of the stack, the bundles shifted and collapsed on top of the employee.
An employee was using an air compressor on a multi-wheel tire when the flange and the tire burst, causing the wheel's lock ring to strike the employee in the face. He sustained a laceration and facial fractures.
An employee was changing the connection to a compressed nitrogen tank when the system failed and exploded. One employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. The other employee sustained soft tissue injuries that did not require hospitalization.
An employee was putting air in a tire that was mounted on a customer's vehicle when the tire exploded, resulting in a left arm fracture that required hospitalization.
On October 24, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was visually checking a gauge on the "U" controller when a pressure tank exploded. The employee was hospitalized with multiple facial fractures and required surgery.
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