OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449664
OHBAYASHI CORPORATION
MINNEAPOLIS, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS WHEN HE FELL INTO TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT A DIPPING TANK FILLED TO WITHIN 11 FEET OF THE TOP WI N HE FELL. THE SMALL BASKET WEIGHED 28 POUNDS. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (GLOVES, BOOT S AND APRON) WAS USED. PLAIN SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS WERE USED AS A SUB STITUTE FOR CHEMICAL GOGGLES OR FACE SHIELD. TH A SOLUTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE. HE WAS WORKING ALONE; NO WITNESSES WERE PRESE NT. HE LATER STATED TO CO-WORKERS THAT HE HAD SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR. HE FELL, FAC E DOWN, INTO THE TANK, SUFFERING BURNS TO 40-60% OF HIS BODY AND EXTREMITIES. HI S EYES WERE ALSO INVOLVED. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTRACT HIMSELF FROM THE TANK, AND IMM EDIATELY WENT TO THE ADJACENT WATER RINSE TANK FOR RELIEF. CO-WORKERS CAME TO HI S AID, HELPED REMOVE HIS CLOTHING AND TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY SHOWER, APPROXIM ATELY 40 FEET AWAY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS APPARENTLY PLACING A SMALL METAL BASKET CON TAINING STEEL PARTS INTO THE LARGE MECHANICAL LIFTING BASKET INSIDE THE TANK WHE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 764
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2260
- Task assigned
- 1
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