OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692475
STEAM,PIPE,BURN,RUPTURE,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
BURN - RUPTURE OF SUPERHEATED STEAM PIPE
Investigation abstract
EIGHT EMPLOYEES OF VARIOUS TRADES WERE WORKING IN A TURBINE ROOM AT AN ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION. AN 18-INCH HIGH-PRESSURE, SUPERHEATED STEAM LINE RUPTURED, F ILLING THE TURBINE ROOM WITH STEAM AND HOT WATER AND BURNING ALL EIGHT EMPLOYEES . FOUR OF THEM DIED OF THEIR INJURIES. TWO OTHERS WERE SEVERELY BURNED AND WERE HOSPITALIZED. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT A MEDICAL CLINIC AND RELEASED, AND THE LAST ONE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID TREATMENT AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE.
Victims (9)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 557
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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