Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Navy NAVFAC-NW, 120 South Dewey, Building 900, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON 98314
on , Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing restoration activities outside a 45-gallon condensation tank of a boiler system. As they were performing post-maintenance activities after repairing one of the two discharge pumps, one of the discharge valves would not open. The employee closed the intake pump to cool off the system and open the discharge valve. Two employees opened the inlet valve to return the tank to service. After they cracked open the inlet valve, a side wall of the tank blew out, causing the injured employee to suffer steam burns to half their body.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Steam, vapors nonchemical