OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14430045
KAISER SPACE PRODUCTS (ATTN: GLEN MARTIN)
PUEBLO, CO·
Event description
Employee killed in explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was running a pressure test on a hydroclave when the cover/door of t he vessel rotated and steam blew off the cover. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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