Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171017312 - Employee burned by water/steam that filled sterilizer

Accident Summary Nr: 171017312 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 11/07/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126705474	11/07/1995	8062	0	Mid Valley Healthcare Inc

Abstract: At Lebanon Community Hospital, a coworker who was working on a boiler system left a manual fill valve open in error, allowing the steam sterilizer in use by Employee #1 to fill with scalding hot water. She opened the sterilizer door and approximately 200 gallons of hot water poured out of the vessel. Employee #1 suffered first- and second-degree burns on her hands, legs, and feet, and required hospitalization.

Keywords: BURN, PRESSURE VESSEL, WORK RULES, BOILER, STEAM, VALVE, HAND, FOOT, HOT WATER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126705474			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.

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