OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517270
SOUTHWEST FOREST INDUSTRIES
PANAMA CITY, FL—
Event description
BURNED THROUGH CONTACT WITH HOT STEM PIPES
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 24, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING "BROKE" FRO M THE BACK SIDE OF THE PAPER MILL DRYER. HIS FIREFIGHTER'S JACKET INADVERTENTLY BECAME CAUGHT IN THE DRIVE MECHANISM OF THE DRYER. THE FORCE OF THE DRIVE MECHAN ISM PULLING ON EMPLOYEE #1 CAUSED THE CARBON BETWEEN THE STEAM HEADER AND THE DR IVE MECHANISM TO RUPTURE. EXPOSING THE EMPLOYEE TO THE HOT STEAM PIPES. THE FIRE FIGHTER'S JACKET WAS USED AS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THE PIPES WER E NOT PROPERLY INSULATED. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVER 80 PERCEN T OF HIS BODY. HE IS NOW IN A BURN CENTER IN GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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