OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14398218
BURN,XYLENE,FIRE,CHEMICAL BURN,PUMP,CHEMICAL
Event description
EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED WITH BURNS IN CHEMICAL FIRE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a pump mechanic, took the bolts out of a pump and asked an operator to blow the line to the pump clear with Number 2 chemical. The operator opened a valve on the bottom of the reactor and the pump fell apart releasing xylene, w hich ignited and burned Employee #1. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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