Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201486057 - Employee is burned while operating a vacuum truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201486057 -- Report ID: 0950627 -- Event Date: 12/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125753970	12/16/2003	8711	541330	Ecology Control Industries

Abstract: On December 13, 2003, Employee #1 placed a vacuum hose on a vacuum truck in an incorrect manner. After he attempted to reconnect the vacuum hose, it detached and sprayed hot caustic water him. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns over 20 percent of his body. At the time of the accident, the vacuum truck was over-filled, and not creating sufficient vacuum pressure to hold the vacuum hose clamps down on the vacuum truck's suction valve. Due to the ambient noise, Employee #1 was unable to hear the inadequate vacuum.

Keywords: CAUSTIC, HOSE, NOISE, CHEMICAL BURN, CHEMICAL, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125753970			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Laborers, except construction

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