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DONOR: Alberta Community and Occupational Health
Occupational Health and Safety Division
JURISDICTION: ALBERTA
REPORT TITLE: Fatality Investigation Data Base
INFORMATION ABOUT DECEASED:
NAME: Confidential SEX: Male AGE: 38
OCCUPATION: pipefitting, plumbing and related occupations
INDUSTRY:
construction of buildings, plants
Industrial sector: construction
ACCIDENT INFORMATION:
DATE OF ACCIDENT: Confidential
PLACE: EDMONTON AREA: Edmonton
NATURE OF INJURY:
concussion or skull fracture
TYPE OF ACCIDENT:
struck by flying object (due to explosion)
SOURCE OF INJURY:
chemicals (not coal/petroleum products, hydrogen sulphide)
boxes, barrels, containers, packages, unattached doors
ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
A worker was fatally injured while grinding a weldolet on the
lid of a metal
tool box. The tool box contained an undetermined amount of acetylene
or oxygen
acetylene combination. The sparks from the grinding operation
ignited the
explosive atmosphere, propelling the tool box lid up causing
the grinder to
strike the worker's head.
INVESTIGATION:
DATE: 1982-02-10
UNSAFE ACT(S):
unsafe loading, placing, mixing, combining, etc
UNSAFE CONDITION(S):
improper ventilation
INDIRECT CAUSE(S):
unsafe job procedure
EMPLOYER ACTION(S):
eliminate unsafe conditions
OHSO ACTION(S):
no action
OTHER'S ACTION(S):
safe-t-gram/bulletin issued by OHSD, magazine publicity
other
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