Accident Report Detail
Accident: 131165.015 - Employee Is Killed In Steam Line Pressure Release
Accident: 131165.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 11/13/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1502860.015 | 11/13/2020 | Mulvaney Mechanical Incorporated | |||||
At 8:12 a.m. on November 13, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by an HV AC company, were repairing a steam piping system leak in the mechanical room of a medical care campus building. The employees did not utilize a lockout and/or tagout device. Following the repair, as the steam line was being re-energized, a threaded drip cap at the bottom of the vertical steam pipe riser apparently fa iled. The room immediately filled with pressurized steam. The interior door wa s in the closed position, and the employees were unable to exit the room. Emplo yee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
boiler, burn, construction, enclosed space, energized, equipment failure, explosion, hvac, lockout/tagout, obstructed egress, pressure release, repair, respiratory, steam line, untrained
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | ||
1 | 1502860.015 | 36 | M | Fatality |