Fractures

Name: Fractures at MELTON TRUCK LINES INC.
Start: 11/14/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171110927 · 11/14/2017 · MELTON TRUCK LINES INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Cheek(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Container caps, lids, covers
Secondary source: Flammable gas, unspecified

Employer

Name: MELTON TRUCK LINES INC.
Location: 808 NORTH 161ST EAST AVENUE, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74116
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting an empty 55-gallon barrel with a blowtorch when vapor inside the drum ignited and the lid hit the employee's face, lacerating it and breaking the cheekbone.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown