Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14414528 - BURNED BY BOILING HOT WATER CLEANING SOLUTION

Accident Summary Nr: 14414528 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 07/16/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100043587	07/24/1986	2038	0	Campbell Soup Company (Swanson Division)

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING MEAT INSERT PANS IN A 1,000 GALLON CAPACITY TANK. THE TANK WAS 54 INCHES DEEP, 70 INCHES LONG AND 51 INCHES WIDE. THE EMPLOYEE PLACED A STACK OF MEAT INSERT PANS IN THE TANK AND BEGAN TO HEAT A WATER SOLUTION (1000 GALLONS OF WATER AND FIVE GALLONS CAUSTIC SODA-SOAP) TO THE BOILING POINT. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1'S ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE TASK OF TURNING OFF THE STEAM VALVE IN FRONT OF THE TANK, THE WATER SOLUTION BOILED OVER ONTO HIM. HE WAS BADLY BURNED OVER 30% OF HIS BODY AND DIED SEVEN DAYS LATER.

Keywords: BURN, CLEANING, TANK, HIGH TEMPERATURE, HOT WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100043587			Fatality	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported

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