OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221447261
ALABAMA RIVER CELLULOSE, LLC
PERDUE HILL, AL·
Event description
Employee dies after falling into acid sewer flume
Investigation abstract
At 8:20 a.m. on March 15, 2022, an employee was tasked with cleaning out the bar screen at the acid sewer flume. The grating slipped out from under him, and he fell into 125 degree acidic liquid with an 3.5 ph. The employee suffered second and third degree chemical and thermal burns from his waist down. He died at the hospital 13 days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 0
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