OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317697
BURN,PRESSURE VESSEL,HIGH PRESSURE,HOT WATER
Event description
Employee killed when burned by boiling water
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was splashed and scalded with boiling water when pressure forced boi ling water in the pressure vessel through the manway opening. He died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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