Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14353684 - Employee falls escaping fire and dies of hyperthermia

Accident Summary Nr: 14353684 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/05/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18346825	03/06/1991	7699	0	Westinghouse Electric Corp./Pensacola Division

Abstract: Employee #1 was one of two employees performing an arc welding metal spray procedure inside a continuous digester at a paper mill. The work was being performed on a scaffold 50 feet from the top of the vessel, which had a vertical height of 155 feet and an inside diameter of 14 feet. A fire started on a tarp below the work scaffold. Because the employees were not connected to lifelines, they exited from the vessel by hanging onto a boatswain's chair as it was lifted to the top. Employee #1 fell from the ascending chair. He died of hyperthermia before rescue workers could reach him.

Keywords: BOSUN CHAIR, LIFELINE, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, FIRE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARC WELDING, HIGH TEMPERATURE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18346825			Fatality	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported

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