Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360336 - Employee injured in fall into open quench tank

Accident Summary Nr: 201360336 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 06/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301032066	06/30/1997	3479	0	Aztec Industries, Inc.

Abstract: On June 26, 1997, Employee #1, a laborer, was knocking off zinc that was dripping from galvanized metal which had just been removed from a kettle. He was working alone when he fell into the approximately 3 ft deep by 4 ft wide by 34 ft long quench tank, which contained a mixture of water and chromic acid. Employee #1 was taken to the University Medical Center and then transferred to a burn center in Greenville, MS. Following the accident, the temperature of the mixture was measured at 145 degrees F. Normally, another employee would have been helping from the other side of the tank.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, FALL, QUENCH TANK, TANK, UNGUARDED, CHEMICAL, HIGH TEMPERATURE, HOT WATER, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301032066			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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