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Accident Summary Nr: 100477.015 - Employee sustains burns when working on distillery batch

Accident Summary Nr: 100477.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/05/2017
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1245219.01507/07/2017312140Venus Spirits Llc

Abstract: At 11:16 a.m. on July 5, 2017, an employee was distilling a batch of single malt and brewing a beer while working in the distillery and brewery areas of the store. The employee was operating a 1,000-liter still with the still hatch door closed and heated steam supplied from a boiler in the boiler room. Fluids were leaking from the edge of the hatch and the employee was trying to tighten a replacement clamp on the still's door. The employee suffered second and third degree burns on his right hand, neck, chest, abdomen and back when he was drenched by the escaping heated gases and fluids. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abdomen, Accidental Discharge, Back, Burn, Chemical, Chest, Compressed Gas, Flowing Material, Hand, Heat, Hot Water, Pressure Vessel, Steam, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1245219.015 27 M Hospitalized injury Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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