Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170209860 - Employee slightly injured in boiler explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 170209860 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 02/03/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119748085	02/08/1994	7011	0	Imperial Hotels Inc., Dba Econo Lodge

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on February 3, 1994, Employee #1, an Econo Lodge employee, was working in a room in which the motel's main water heater boiler was located when, without warning, the heater exploded. The explosion blew a hole in the adjacent wall, and fragments of the boiler injured Employee #1, but not seriously and not requiring hospitalization. When the water heater's pressure relief valve was removed and inspected, it was found to be clogged by what appeared to be heavy rust deposits, and therefore not in operating condition. The heater was also lacking a water level switch.

Keywords: BOILER, CLOGGED, EXPLOSION, VALVE, WATER HEATER, HOTEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119748085			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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