Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443336

NATIONWIDE BOILER INC

Event
Blunt force trauma, Boiler, Explosion, Gas-Fired Boiler
NAICS
238220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345821128
Employer profile
NATIONWIDE BOILER INC
Summary number
221443336
Report ID
0854910

Event description

Employee is killed when boiler explodes

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on March 5, 2022, an employee was fine-tuning the gas and water mixtures feeding the boiler, when the boiler exploded. The employee suffered blunt force trauma to the whole body and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Event type
    1

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