Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201311693 - Employee Is Burned and Killed by Hot Sodium Hydroxide

Accident Summary Nr: 201311693 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 06/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310147426	06/12/2007	2064	311330	Pim Brands Llc

Abstract: On June 6, 20007, an employee was doing a scheduled semi-weekly cleaning of production equipment in the kitchen area. He dumped a bag of 25 lbs of caustic soda, in pellet form, into a heated tank containing hot rinse water at 180 degree F. The resulting instantaneous reaction caused hot caustic solution to erupt from the tank, splashing the employee, who ultimately died from the burns.

Keywords: BURN, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, CAUSTIC, CLEANING, CHEMICAL BURN, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310147426			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Food batchmakers

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