Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101279.015 - Employee is burned while performing boiler blow down testing

Accident Summary Nr: 101279.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/22/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1281222.015	12/04/2017		541380	Nestle Quality Assurance Center

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on November 22, 2017, an employee was performing a weekly blowdown process on a Kewanee boiler (Model # H3S-200-KGO-OHIO). A blowdown involves opening a valve to allow water and impurities to flow from the boiler. As the employee was performing the blowdown, the employee's shirt became caught on a nearby valve which allowed hot water to be released, resulting in arm burns. The valve that was accidentally opened should not have released water, but the ball valve located above was damaged and had been leaking water. Both valves should have been required to be open before turning on the water.

Keywords: Burn, Hot Water

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1281222.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury

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