OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336275
BURN,FRACTURE,BOILER,EXPLOSION,INEXPERIENCE,LACERATION,CONCUSSION,LEG
Event description
Employees injured when heating boiler explodes
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, utility workers, and Employees #3 and #4, security workers, were investigating a report of an explosion. While Employees #3 and #4 looked o n Employees #1 and #2, who did not know much about the heater boiler operation, tried to stop steam from coming out of a broken hose connection. With the electr ic power still on, the steam kept building up. Employees #1 and #2 decided to ge t someone who knew more about the boiler. As they started to leave, the boiler e xploded. Employee #1 sustained a broken leg, 2nd-degree burns, cuts, and a light concussion. Employee #2 sustained cuts; Employees #3 and #4 sustained 1st-degre e burns.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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