OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #982157
EASTON, INC.
PALO SECO, PR·
Event description
Employee dies after being burned by chemical emulsion
Investigation abstract
At about 10:15 a.m. in March, 1989, Employee #1 and a coworker were trying to lo osen a motor from mixing tank #3 by stomping on top of the tank. When Employee # 1 stomped on the lid, he slipped and fell into the tank, which contained a chemi cal emulsion that was approximately 200 degrees F. Employee #1 sustained burns o n 75 percent of his body. He was hospitalized and subsequently died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn(Chemical) (4)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- CHEM LIQUIDS/VAPORS (9)
- Occupation
- Mechanical engineers (57)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.