OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221476161
VALLEY WIDE ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
WILMINGTON, CA·
Event description
Employee is burned by heated solution released from pipe
Investigation abstract
At 10:15 a.m. on February 16, 2022, Employee #1 was removing a flange from an overhead pipe as part of a multi-employer pipe replacement project. He was not aware that a different pipe line had been locked out. A heated slurry solution of boric acid and zinc oxide was released from the pipe he was working on, causing burns to his body. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat his burn injuries.
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 585
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.