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Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
In battery shop there was 6 batteries on the work table. Each battery was about 4 inches apart; I reached over top of battery to pull closer to my work and heard a pop and small flame across the top of battery cell tops. I stopped the charge cycle and put the fire out; discharged battery and shorted. Started cycle on next battery. Would like to see more ventilation under chargers better ventilation in shop. No air conditioning incoming from air handling duct.
While charging batteries in the shop; one of the batteries caught fire.