BLAST HURTS WELDER; CAUSE YET UNKNOWN.Byline: Laurence Darmiento Daily News Staff Writer An employee at a recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. company was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in an explosion Wednesday while using an acetylene acetylene (əsĕt`əlēn') or ethyne (ĕth`īn), HC≡CH, a colorless gas. It melts at −80.8°C; and boils at −84.0°C;. torch apparently to separate a steel piece from some metal refuse. Alejandro Garcia, 24, of Pacoima was in the rear yard of Cal-Coast Recycling about 11:15 a.m. when workers heard an explosion that they realized had injured the man. ``I looked out when I heard the explosion. I saw lots of dust and smoke,'' bookkeeper Pat Saletore told investigators from the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Fire and Sheriff's departments. ``I saw him stagger off from it.'' Suffering from burns and puncture wounds puncture wound n. A wound that is deeper than it is wide, produced by a narrow pointed object. on his upper body, Garcia was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital where he was later listed in fair condition. While an employee told firefighters and a sheriff's deputy that Garcia was using the torch to separate a steel piece from some aluminum, investigators said they were unsure exactly what happened. The torch itself appeared fine, while the explosion site was littered with an engine and other pieces of old machinery that appeared unlikely to set off the explosion and a small fire that subsequently erupted. ``He must have run into something while he was using the torch,'' said fire Capt. Bob Haskell. The investigation was later turned over to the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Cal-Coast Recycling, located on Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Street, recycles aluminum plastic and glass. Saletore said the company's owner did not want to comment. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Rescue workers inspect the location of a wel ding-related explosion that injured one worker Wednesday. Laurence Darmiento/Daily News |
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