OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549679
BURN,HEAT,AMPUTATED,PAPER MACHINE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8410
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8410
- Task assigned
- 1
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