Abstract: Employees #2 and #3 had gone into the compressor room of a storage building to replace the fan belt on the compressor. Employee #1 entered the room and fell into the uncovered well pit. In an attempt to gain his balance, he grabbed onto a 16 gallon drum containing 6 1/2 parts cleaner and pulled it over onto himself. Employees #2 through #6 pulled him from the pit. Employee #1 said he felt as though he was burning up; he was carried outside and doused with water. He sustained first- and second-degree burns over 40 percent of his body and was transported to the Baltimore Shock Trauma unit. Employees #2 through #6 were taken to Saint Agnes Hospital for observation and were released without treatment.