Another welding on used container fatality

At 12:00 p.m. on November 5, 2019, Employee #1 was making a small spot weld on a piece of metal. He was performing the weld on a drum that contained windshield washer fluid, a CATEGORY 3 Flammable Liquid. There was an explosion, and the drum hit the employee’s face. Liquid splashed on the employee and was ignited by the explosion. Employee #1’s clothes caught on fire. He sustained body burns and was killed.

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