OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201180
BURN,REGULATOR VALVE,HOT WATER TANK,ARM,HOT WATER
Event description
HOT WATER SPRAYED ON UPPER BODY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING DEFECTIVE REGULATOR VALVE ON A HOT WATER TANK. EMPLOYEE W AS STANDING ON 8 FT WOODEN LADDER REPLACING VALVE. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIPE WRE NCH ON REGULATOR VALVE SENSING TUBE. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED 1ST, 2ND & 3RD DEGRE E BURNS TO UPPER ARM AND THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER THE ARM PIT. THE EMPLOYEE HAD WORK ED AT THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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