OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549679
THE MEAD CORPORATION
KINGSPORT, TN·
Event description
FATALITY AND AMPUTATIONS WHEN PAPER MACHINE DRYERS RUPTURED
Investigation abstract
One employee was killed as a result of burns and scalding, and another received injuries that resulted in amputation of both legs below the knees when four drye rs on paper machine #4 ruptured.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 64 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BOILER/PRESS VESSEL (6)
- Occupation
- Machine operators, not specified (779)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/WRITN WRK PRAC PROG. (18)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Hazardous substance
- 8410
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BOILER/PRESS VESSEL (6)
- Occupation
- Machine operators, not specified (779)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/WRITN WRK PRAC PROG. (18)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Hazardous substance
- 8410
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.