Two Metal Refinishers Die When Fumes Ignite in Elevator Car

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• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  Two men died and one co-worker was injured when fumes ignited inside an elevator car the men were refinishing. The workers were using a lacquer stripper to remove the lacquer finish and polish the underlying brass metal elevator interior. The three workers were locked inside the elevator car with the door closed when the fumes ignited and filled the car with flames. Missouri Department of Health investigator concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. train employees in the recognition of confined spaces and the hazards they may contain. 2. follow precautions outlined in Appendix B of the ASME A17.1, 1204.2e, Cleaning, Polishing, and Refinishing, Refinishing of Elevator Cars. 3. develop and implement a comprehensive confined-space entry program to address all provisions outlined in NIOSH publications 80-106, "Working in Confined Spaces," and 87-113, "A Guide to Safety in Confined Spaces."
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Confined Spaces Electric Injuries Electricity Fires Occupational Health Paint Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Confined-spaces Electrical-hazards Fire-hazards Fire-prevention Fire-safety Flammable-gases Flammable-liquids Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Paint-thinners Painters Painting Safety-education Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Confined Space ; Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92MO046
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026235
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-109894
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 92MO046, 1993 Nov ; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Missouri Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2002/03/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d6c845212c66398a88061f3dd7670177c09d294702933948e2faed9a44a4f461ac005537c8345b85e9c4316ef54c9626f2fa61422a57bb7ffa5aabb3374f296e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170292/cdc_170292_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 25.60 KB ]