OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394050
MANVILLE FOREST PRODUCTS
FARMERVILLE, LA·
Event description
Two employees killed, one injured by live steam
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3 and a coworker had been working inside the #1 reel pulpe r pit area all morning, repairing the slushmaker packing sleeve. This pit is app roximately 9 ft below the second floor level where paper is manufactured and pla ced on a reel. After lunch, Employees #1 through #3 re-entered the pit while a c oworker remained on the ledge area outside the pit. At approximately 1:15 p.m., two 4 in. lines of live steam entered the pit area, killing Employees #1 and #2. Employee #3 was hospitalized. The two steam valves had not been locked out befo re the employees entered the pit area.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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