OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14415244
ST JOSEPH LIGHT & POWER CO
ST JOSEPH, MO—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SCALDED BY HOT WATER
Investigation abstract
An employee was assigned the task of removing a cover on a discharge line on a w ater softener unit and rinsing the scale from it with a high-pressure hose. The employee had been working at this type of job for the last two days. He got a la dder tied in and removed a cover. He erroneously removed the cover from a charge d line. He received burns to the lower part of his body and his hand while tryin g to replace the cover. He died 51 days later from his burns.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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