OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734392
WESTVACO - KRAFT DIV.
N. CHARLESTON, SC—
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED TO DEATH BY STEAM FROM RUPTURED LINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING DOWN A PASSAGEWAY, ENROUTE TO THE REST ROOM, WHEN A NEAR BY STEAM LINE RUPTURED. THE STEAM, UNDER 300 PSI PRESSURE, INFLICTED SEVERE BURN S TO HIS ENTIRE BODY. THE STEAM LINE HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN 1962 AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO BELLOW-TYPE EXPANSION JOINTS. THE LINE WAS OF THE OVERHEAD TYPE, HAVIN G WELDED STEEL BRACKETS FOR SUPPORTS. THE WELDS GAVE WAY, CAUSING THE STEAM LINE TO RUPTURE. THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE BACK SIDE OF PEEPER MACHINE #2 .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 6
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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