OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14529887
ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.
MERRIMACK, NH·
Event description
THREE EMPLOYEES SPRAYED AND BURNED BY HOT WATER
Investigation abstract
AT 9:58 AM ON JANUARY 20, 1987, THREE EMPLOYEES OF ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. WERE BUR PEN SOLUTION (WATER) CONNECTION. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS SPRAYED BY HOT WATER FROM THE H OSE ONLY. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 SUFFERED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS, WHILE EMPL OYEE #3 RECEIVED FIRST DEGREE BURNS. NED BY HOT (180 DEGREES) WATER WHICH WAS DISCHARGED WHEN A GUM RUBBER HOSE PULLE D LOOSE FROM A CONNECTION. THE HOSE WAS UNDER PRESSURE AND WAS SECURED TO THE CO NNECTION BY A BAND. THE HOSE WAS USED TO CONNECT THE SOLUTION (WATER) LINE TO TH E BEER LINE, NEAR THE 12 OUNCE AND 16 OUNCE BOTTLE FILLERS ON LINE #40. THE HOT WATER IS USED, IN A TEST PROCESS, TO OBTAIN A A ZERO BACTERIA COUNT IN THE BEER LINES BEFORE THE BOTTLES ARE FILLED. THIS NEW CLEANING METHOD HAD BEEN USED 4 TI MES BEFORE ON LINE 40. EMPLOYEES #1 AN #2 WERE STRUCK AND KNOCKED TO THE FLOOR B Y THE WHIPPING HOSE, AND THEN SPRAYED BY HOT WATER FROM THE LOOSE HOSE AND THE O
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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