OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #982157
BURN,WORK RULES,SLIP,CHEMICAL BURN,FALL,TANK,CHEMICAL,HIGH TEMPERATURE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 57
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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