OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443816
UNION CAMP CORP FINE PAPER DIV
FRANKLIN, VA—
Event description
One killed, four burned by hot water and wood pulp slurry
Investigation abstract
At 2:40 p.m. on May 5, 1985, just before the shift change, Employees #1 through #5 (three from the first shift and two from the second shift) were trying to bre ak up a clog in a BD-2 crossover conveyer. The employees had opened the access p lates on top of the 18-in. screw conveyor and were using aluminum rods and water hoses to break up the clog, which resulted when a chain drive on the conveyer b roke. The clog broke up suddenly and a slurry of hot water and wood pulp gushed out the open access plates. Employees #1 through #5 sustained first-, second-, a nd third-degree burns over 35 to 70 percent of their bodies. Employee #1 was kil led, and Employees #1 through #4 were hospitalized.
Victims (5)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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