OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411960
UC DAVIS FACILITY MANAGEMENT UTILITIES DIVISION
DAVIS, CA·
Event description
Worker is burned while working on leak in buried steam line
Investigation abstract
At 10:45 a.m. on November 3, 2021, an employee was working for a state cut. The integrity of the asphalt area above the condensate leaked surface of the roadway was compromised. The employee stepped and fell into the surface expression of the leaked condensate flowline. He suffered second-degree burns to his left foot, ankle, and lower leg. He was scalded. The temperature of the steam and hot water was approximately 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). The employee was taken to a nearby hospital and released the same day. Two days later, after he consulted with a burn specialist doctor, he was admitted to a larger medical center. He was hospitalized. He was released the next day. At 4:30 p.m. that same day, a representative of the employer notified DOSH. The investigation was assigned to a CSHO on November 10, 2021. The CSHO reported to the site at 12:45 university. He was working as a water and sewage treatment plant operator. As a p.m. on November 17, 2021 and opened the investigation. water systems operator, he was employed by the facilities management division at this university. He, his supervisor, and two other maintenance employees were responding to a call of a leaking steam and condensate transport line buried under the pavement of the school campus. The location of the leak was visible. A coworker used a wet-cut concrete saw to cut the surrounding area of the surface around the surface expression. The employee was holding a portable water vacuum with a long nozzle. He was suctioning in the excess water during the concrete
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Event type
- 4
- Occupation code
- 694
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