OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250757
S & W CHEMICALS, INC.
CONOVER, NC·
Event description
Employee dies of heart disease after fall into hot water
Investigation abstract
Employees were assigned to blend a batch of industrial textile soap in a 1,500 g allon mixing vat. Employee #1 positioned himself on a wooden pallet alongside a 55 gallon drum of Tall Oil Fatty Acid; both were raised to the top of the mixing vat by the company forklift. Once in position over the tank part, Employee #1 b egan attempting to pour the drum contents into the vat. Employee #1 lost control of the drum and, while he was attempting to restabilize it, both he and the dru m fell into the vat, which contained approximately 1,300 gallons of 141 degree F water. A company vehicle transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he late r died of coronary disease.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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