OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203129
NORTH PACIFIC PAVING CO INC
PORTLAND, OR—
Event description
STRUCK HEAD WHILE CLEANING INSIDE OF PICKLE VAT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS OF SANITIZING A PICKLE VAT. THE PROCEDURE FOR VAT CLEANING INVOLVED THE SETTING-UP OF TWO LADDERS; ONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VAT AND ANOTHER ON THE INSIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE VAT AND BEGAN SANITIZ ING THE WALLS, USING A LONG HANDLED BRUSH WHICH HE DIPPED INTO A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF CLEANING SOLUTION. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND, HE WAS ENTANGLED IN THE LADDE R RUNGS AND THE LADDER WAS OUT OF PLACE AND LODGED INSIDE THE VAT. THE EMPLOYEE' S HEAD WAS TOUCHING THE BOTTOM OF THE VAT WHILE STUCK IN THE LADDER RUNGS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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