OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566657
TEX-TECH, INC.
TEMPE,, AZ·
Event description
Employee slips into hot chemical solution, suffers burns
Investigation abstract
Between 12:00 noon and 12:30 p.m. on August 7, 1986, Employee #1 was working on a ladder above a 2 1/2 to 3 ft deep chemical solution. He reached for a dropped tool, slipped off the ladder, and landed in the 180 degree F solution. Employee #1 waded out and hosed off. He then realized his predicament was more serious th an he first thought and called the fire department. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of chemical burns.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 888
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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