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Accident Summary Nr: 14449243 - EMPLOYEE MIXING VARNISH BATCH BURNED BY HOT MIXTURE

Accident Summary Nr: 14449243 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104506209	04/02/1986	2893	0	Consolidated Printing Ink

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING A PILOT BATCH OF VARNISH. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO POUR IN APPROXIMATELY 60 POUNDS OF A MIXTURE CONTAINING 12% WATER. SINCE THE MIXTURE WAS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, AND THE OILS AND RESINS TO WHICH IT WAS TO BE ADDED WERE AT 340 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, A THERMAL REACTION OCCURRED AS SOON AS THE MIXTURE WAS ADDED. HOT VARNISH MIXTURE SHOT BACK OUT OF THE TANK, COVERING EMPLOYEE #1. HE SUSTAINED SEVERE BURNS ON HIS LEGS, ARMS, HEAD, SHOULDERS AND BACK.

Keywords: BURN, HEAD, WORK RULES, TORSO, ARM, HIGH TEMPERATURE, LEG, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104506209			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Mixing and blending machine operators

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