OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517858
ST. JOE PAPER CO.
PORT ST. JOE, FL·
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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