OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550529
BEKER INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
CONDA, ID—
Event description
Two employees burned in granulator
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on May 27, 1984, Employees #1 and # 2 and a coworker reentered a granulator to finish their assigned task. They entered before the A operator had rotated and locked out the system. Employee #1 suffered second- and third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body, and Employee #2 suffered second - and third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body. The coworker escaped injur y by jumping out of the granulator; he told the A operator to shut down and lock out the system. The granulator was at approximately 220 degrees F.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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