Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 950196 - Employee suffers severe steam burns in confined space

Accident Summary Nr: 950196 -- Report ID: 0355117 -- Event Date: 03/29/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123694408	03/31/1994	2951	0	Marvin V. Templeton & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:20 p.m. on March 29, 1994, Employee #1 entered a permit-required confined space to free aggregate blockage from a weight bin. Hot aggregate (approximately 300 to 350 degrees fahrenheit) suddenly released into an undetermined amount of water in the bottom of the weight bin. Steam from the hot aggregate and water burned Employee #1, resulting in 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 80 percent of his body.

Keywords: BURN, CONFINED SPACE, CLEANING, STEAM, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123694408			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators

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