OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14483499

BURN,WORK RULES,BOILER,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STEAM,PIPE

1989-12-15T00:00:00

Event: BURN,WORK RULES,BOILER,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STEAM,PIPE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14483499
Report ID: 213100

Event description

Employee dies of steam burns from boiler

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was blowing down an oil-fired steam boiler (a routine task) when a 2 in. steam pipe broke off at the threaded elbow. A 5 ft section of pipe swung ar ound violently, breaking the feed pipe under the blow-off valve and directing st eam toward the employee. Employee #1 sustained 3rd-degree burns over 85 percent of his body and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
19

Event type
12

Source
6

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
11

Task assigned
1

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