OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516660
FARMLAND HYDRO, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BARTOW, FL·
Event description
Employee dies when overcome by heat
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to open the dome lids on the top of a series of tank ca eks. rs in the sulfur loading area This required climbing a ladder on the side of eac h tank car to the platform on top and loosening the approximately 1 1/4 in. diam eter nuts. He started near the control and was working his way westward. Over 20 minutes had passed when a coworker in the same area noticed Employee #1's body on top of the 13th rail car in the line. Employee #1 had been overcome by the he at and died. Employee #1 was hired on May 22, 1987 by the Sy McDonald Constructi on Company and assigned to Farmland Industries on a contract basis. At the time of the accident, he had been working in a sulfur loading area for about three we
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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