Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201089208 - Employee Is Burned by Hot Carrot Juice

Accident Summary Nr: 201089208 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 11/09/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306364985	12/21/2006	2092	311712	Wm Bolthouse Farms Inc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on November 9, 2006, Employee #1, with W. M. Bolthouse Farms, Inc., was repairing a pump at a carrot processing company. While he was crouched around a stainless steel pipeline, one of the stainless steel 0.375-in. bolts securing a pipe flange failed, causing heated carrot concentrate to spray onto his torso. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Kern Medical Center for treatment of burns.

Keywords: HEAT, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PRESSURE PIPING, BOLT, PIPELINE, PIPE, PUMP, PRESSURE RELEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306364985			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Machinery maintenance occupations

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