Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-17 | Englewood | Co | Flynn BEC LP | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was hot air welding PVC roof seams and transitioning to a new location on a roof when his extension cord bumped a gallon container of acetone. The container began to tip and he tried to catch it with his right hand. Some contents spilled and were subsequently ignited by a flameless hot air welder that was approximately 2 feet away. His pants and shirt caught fire, and he received second degree burns to his right hand, arm, and bicep. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-07 | Evanston | Il | Northwestern University | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
A graduate student was performing an experiment under a fume hood. Fumes from the acetone and the ether the student was using ignited and the employee suffered second-degree burns to the torso and hands. | |||||
2019-04-15 | Addison | Illinois | Kribha Distribution Co | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
On April 15, 2019, an employee was cleaning tables in the warehouse area with acetone. The employee heated up the acetone and the solvent ignited, burning him below the knee, on both legs, and the right hand. | |||||
2019-02-04 | Hot Springs | Arkansas | Aluma-Weld, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
There was a fire in the foam department. An employee knocked over a bucket of acetone which splashed onto his clothes. The clothes ignited and the employee was burned. | |||||
2018-07-17 | Rochester | New York | Hughesco of Rochester | Leg(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was using acetone to clean dripping foam insulation from a basement wall when the pilot light flame of a hot water tank ignited the acetone fumes, causing first, second, and third degree burns to the employee's legs. | |||||
2016-04-08 | Centralia | Illinois | The Swan Corporation | Hand(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was cleaning a mixer using acetone when a flash fire occurred. The employee received burns to both hands. |