OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414528
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY (SWANSON DIVISION)
OMAHA, NE·
Event description
BURNED BY BOILING HOT WATER CLEANING SOLUTION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING MEAT INSERT PANS IN A 1,000 GALLON CAPACITY TANK. THE T ANK WAS 54 INCHES DEEP, 70 INCHES LONG AND 51 INCHES WIDE. THE EMPLOYEE PLACED A STACK OF MEAT INSERT PANS IN THE TANK AND BEGAN TO HEAT A WATER SOLUTION (1000 GALLONS OF WATER AND FIVE GALLONS CAUSTIC SODA-SOAP) TO THE BOILING POINT. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1'S ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE TASK OF TURNING OFF THE STEAM VALVE IN FRONT OF THE TANK, THE WATER SOLUTION BOILED OVER ONTO HIM. HE WAS BADLY BURN ED OVER 30% OF HIS BODY AND DIED SEVEN DAYS LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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