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Accident Summary Nr: 14448112 - TWO EMPLOYEES BURNED WHEN SPLASHED WITH HOT WATER AND STEAM

Accident Summary Nr: 14448112 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 11/16/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104591789	11/17/1986	4961	0	Quadrant Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HELD A CHIEF ENGINEER GRADE B LICENSE, WAS IN CHARGE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. THEY WERE REMOVING A BURNED OUT CIRCULATING PUMP MOTOR FROM AN ELECTRODE STEAM BOILER. THE BOILER CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER HEATED TO ABOUT 200 DEGREES. WHEN THEY PULLED THE PUMP THEY REMOVED ALL THE BOLTS HOLDING THE FLANGE (THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT TWO). HOT WATER AND STEAM SPLASHED ON THE TWO EMPLOYEES WHEN THE PUMP FLANGE WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE HOUSING. THEY RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS OVER 40 TO 60% OF THEIR UPPER BODIES (FACE, HANDS, CHEST, STOMACH).

Keywords: BURN, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, TORSO, STEAM, HOT WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104591789			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Stationary engineers
2	104591789			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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