OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237069
MOBIL OIL CORPORATION
BEAUMONT, TX—
Event description
BURNED TO DEATH BY HOT WATER FROM COKE DRUM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING THE HEAD OF A COKE DRUM SO THAT THE COKE COULD BE DRILL ED AND CUT. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE HEAD FROM THE DRUM (ONE SIDE HAD BEEN LIFTED BY THE HOISTING EQUIPMENT) THE HOT WATER IN THE DRUM ERUPTED, DRENCHING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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