OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486799
GENERAL GALVANIZING & SUP CO
BRONX, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS INTO OPEN PLATING TANK AND DIES
Investigation abstract
The employee, an electrician, was removing unused and deenergized light fixtures t, the deceased was not tied off, nor was the structural steel provided with gua rdrails. , wiring, and piping, from a ceiling directly above open, solution-filled tanks of an automatic plating line. He was standing on the open structural steel suppo rt frame for the automatic overhead crane tracks. The employee apparently lost h is balance, falling approximately 9 ft, striking his head and falling into the r inse tank containing ammonium chloride and zinc chloride. He was removed from th e tank by fellow employees and taken to the hospital where he died approximately two hours later. The cause of death was listed as severe adult respiratory dist ress syndrome, caused by chemical burns to the lungs. At the time of the acciden
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn(Chemical) (4)
- Part of body
- LUNG (28)
- Accident type
- INGESTION (9)
- Source of injury
- CHEM LIQUIDS/VAPORS (9)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Hazardous substance
- 0175
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.