OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550438
CHEMETALS INC
NEW JOHNSONVILLE, TN—
Event description
Employee killed in plant explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on an elevated platform trying to jog a mixer into a per pendicular position. There were sparks, followed by an explosion. Employee #1 wa s killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1620
- Task assigned
- 1
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