OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221560550
POLYCARBON INDUSTRIES, INC./SEQENS SAS
NEWBURYPORT, MA—
Event description
Employee is killed in pressure vessel explosion
Investigation abstract
At 12:40 a.m. on May 4, 2023, an employee was performing the intermediate packaging step of the Dekon 139 production process, and the pressure vessel that he was working on exploded. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Event type
- 14
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