OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14448112
QUADRANT COMPANY
PERHAM, MN·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES BURNED WHEN SPLASHED WITH HOT WATER AND STEAM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HELD A CHIEF ENGINEER GRADE B LICENSE, WAS IN CHARGE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. THEY WERE REMOVING A BURNED OUT CIRCULATING P UMP MOTOR FROM AN ELECTRODE STEAM BOILER. THE BOILER CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER HEATED TO ABOUT 200 DEGREES. WHEN THEY PULLED THE PUMP THEY REMOVED ALL T HE BOLTS HOLDING THE FLANGE (THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT TWO). HOT WATER AND STEAM SPL ASHED ON THE TWO EMPLOYEES WHEN THE PUMP FLANGE WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE HOUSING . THEY RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS OVER 40 TO 60% OF THEIR UPPER BODIES (FACE, HANDS, CHEST, STOMACH).
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 696
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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