Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cee-B Glass Inc, 2907 Lincoln Way East, MASSILLON, OHIO 44646
on — Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting glass for a custom windshield and was using denatured alcohol during the cutting process. The denatured alcohol caught fire and the flame traveled to a gallon-sized container of the liquid. The can exploded and the employee sustained second- and third-degree burns from the waist up.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Barrels, drums, cans nonpressurized
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