OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542633
BURN,SHOULDER,PRESSURE VESSEL,STEAM,EXPLOSION,LACERATION,HIGH PRESSURE,VALVE,FACE
Event description
DYE KETTLE EXPLODED, INJURING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 5 A.M., ON THE THIRD SHIFT. NO PROBLEMS HAD BEEN NO BLOWN OFF THE KETTLE WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT WENT THROUGH THE ROOF AND LANDED IN ANOTHER COMPANY'S YARD, 600 FEET AWAY. TICED PREVIOUSLY ON THE THIRD SHIFT, BUT KETTLE #5'S RELIEF VALVE HAD OPERATED O NCE ON THE PREVIOUS (SECOND) SHIFT. SUDDENLY, KETTLE #5 CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE CLOSEST. HE RECEIVED SOME STEAM BURNS AND A DISLOCATED SHOU LDER. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM. HE RECEIVED SOME CUTS ON HIS FACE FRO M FLYING GLASS. EMPLOYEE #5 WAS ON TOP OF A NEARBY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE WAS KN OCKED TO THE FLOOR BY THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION. THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES WERE S LIGHTLY INJURED AS THEY TRIED TO RESCUE FELLOW EMPLOYEES IN THE DARKENED BUILDIN G. THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE OF KETTLE #5 COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE LID WAS
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Hazardous substance
- 8390
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Hazardous substance
- 8390
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 11
- Source
- 47
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 16
- Hazardous substance
- 8130
- Task assigned
- 1
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