OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568166
STOUFFER FOODS CORPORATION
GAFFNEY, SC·
Event description
VALVE RUPTURED; EMPLOYEE BURNED BY ESCAPING STEAM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ONE WAS ASSIGNED AS BOILER TENDER. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT A HIGH WATER PROBLEM EXISTED. "HIGH WATER" REQUIRES A "BLOW OFF", INVOLVING THE OPENIN G OF A GATE VALVE, AND THEN THE QUICK OPENING OF A VALVE ON THE BACK OF BOILER # 2. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 OPENED THE QUICK OPENING VALVE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THE M AIN RETURN VALVE, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BOILER, BLEW, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO BE ENGULFED BY STEAM. HE SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS BODY. THE VA LVE WHICH BLEW WAS A FISHER VALVE, 250 PSI. THE BOILER IS A CLEVELAND BROOKS, S/ N L67619, GAS BOILER
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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