OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14398960
WASHEX MACHINERY CORPORATION
WICHITA FALLS, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEES BURNED BY HOT WATER AND STEAM FROM DYE MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-8 WERE INJURED WHEN THE DOOR OF A DYE MACHINE CAME OPEN AND ALLOWED 450 GALLONS OF 117-DEGREE WATER TO POUR ONTO THE FLOOR. ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES RE CEIVED EITHER FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD DEGREE BURNS. THE MACHINE WAS BEING FUNCTIO NALLY TESTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEES #1-8 WERE NOT INVOLVED IN TH E TEST. THEY WERE WORKING AT THEIR NORMAL DUTY STATIONS OR THEY WERE SIMPLY PASS ING BY THE MACHINE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED ON NOVEMBER 3, 1 984.
Victims (8)
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 8
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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