OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486799
OVERHEAD CRANE,RESPIRATORY TRACT,CHEMICAL BURN,FALL,TANK,ZINC PLATING
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 0175
- Task assigned
- 1
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