Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Advance Die Casting Company, LLC
Start: 8/28/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015086233 · 8/28/2015 · Advance Die Casting Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Dust explosion
Source: Aluminum and compounds
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Advance Die Casting Company, LLC
Location: 3760 North Holton Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53212
NAICS: 331521
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee changing filters on a filter system connected to a grinding unit dropped one of the filters into the filter unit. The impact inside the unit created a spark that ignited the aluminum dust, causing an aluminum dust deflagration. A fire ball discharged from the filter unit, contacting and causing second degree burns to the employee's hands.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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