OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320659
CUSTOM LEATHER SERVICES, INC.
PHILADELPHIA, PA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM PLATFORM; ACID SPILLED ON HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. H E WAS PREPARING A SOLUTION TO BE LOADED INTO A FIBERGLASS TURNING DRUM. THE EMPL OYEE FILLED A FIVE GALLON CONTAINER WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 POUNDS OF SULFURIC ACI D. THE FIVE GALLON CONTAINER IS USED TO CARRY THE SULFURIC ACID TO A 350 GALLON MIX TANK WHICH, IN TURN, IS USED TO LOAD A LARGE TURNING DRUM. AS THE EMPLOYEE A TTEMPTED TO CARRY THE 5 GALLON CONTAINER ACROSS THE PLATFORM TO THE MIX TANK, HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED, AND FELL FROM THE PLATFORM TO THE FLOOR. THE ACID SPILLED F ROM THE 5 GALLON CONTAINER AND SPLASHED DOWN ON TOP OF HIM. HE SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS ON HIS FACE, ARMS, UPPER BODY AND EYES. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
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