Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201153426 - Employee burns his foot while steam cleaning

Accident Summary Nr: 201153426 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119948875	07/06/2000	1799	0	Valley Industrial Service

Abstract: On April 7, 2000, Employee #1, a temporary laborer, sustained second-degree burns of his right foot when he inadvertently placed a hot steam nozzle into the top of his right boot as he was walking along. At the time of the accident he was high pressure steam cleaning the concrete floor in a steel mill. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, STEAM CLEANER, STEEL, CLEANING, STEAM, MILL--PLANT, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119948875			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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