Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201054608 - Employee Replacing a Steam Regulaor Suffers Second Degree Bu

Accident Summary Nr: 201054608 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 09/23/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300776283	12/18/2000	5411	0	Kal Kan Foods Inc

Abstract: An employee was performing maintenance on equipment at a cannery. As he was replacing a leaky steam regulator valve gasket, he was scalded by hot water that had not been drained from the body of the valve. The employee was hospitalized for less than a day and treated for a second-degree burn to the back of his neck.

Keywords: BURN, MAINTENANCE, STEAM LINE, GASKET, REGULATOR VALVE, STEAM, NECK, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300776283			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Machinery maintenance occupations

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