OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517858
BURN,RUPTURE,STEAM,HOT WATER
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED BY STEAM RELEASED FROM RUPTURED EVAPORATOR
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 13, 1986, AN EVAPORATOR RUPTURED AT THE ST. JOE PAPER COMPANY, LOCATE D AT PORT ST. JOE, FLORIDA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SCALDED BY THE BOILING WATER RELEASE D AS A RESULT OF THE RUPTURE. HE DIED OF SEVERE AND EXTENSIVE BURNS TWO DAYS LAT ER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Hazardous substance
- 8410
- Task assigned
- 1
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