OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449243
CONSOLIDATED PRINTING INK
WEST ST. PAUL, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE MIXING VARNISH BATCH BURNED BY HOT MIXTURE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING A PILOT BATCH OF VARNISH. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO POUR IN APPROXIMATELY 60 POUNDS OF A MIXTURE CONTAINING 12% WATER. SINCE THE MIXTURE WA S AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, AND THE OILS AND RESINS TO WHICH IT WAS TO BE ADDED WERE AT 340 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, A THERMAL REACTION OCCURRED AS SOON AS THE MIXTURE WA S ADDED. HOT VARNISH MIXTURE SHOT BACK OUT OF THE TANK, COVERING EMPLOYEE #1. HE SUSTAINED SEVERE BURNS ON HIS LEGS, ARMS, HEAD, SHOULDERS AND BACK.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
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