Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14568166 - Valve Ruptured; Employee Burned By Escaping Steam
Accident: 14568166 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 01/23/1986 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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102078730 | 01/27/1986 | 2038 | Stouffer Foods Corporation | ||||
EMPLOYEE #1 ONE WAS ASSIGNED AS BOILER TENDER. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT A HIGH WATER PROBLEM EXISTED. "HIGH WATER" REQUIRES A "BLOW OFF", INVOLVING THE OPENING OF A GATE VALVE, AND THEN THE QUICK OPENING OF A VALVE ON THE BACK OF BOILER #2. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 OPENED THE QUICK OPENING VALVE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THE MAIN RETURN VALVE, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE BOILER, BLEW, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO BE ENGULFED BY STEAM. HE SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS BODY. THE VALVE WHICH BLEW WAS A FISHER VALVE, 250 PSI. THE BOILER IS A CLEVELAND BROOKS, S/N L67619, GAS BOILER | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, boiler, rupture, steam, explosion, high pressure, valve
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 102078730 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Miscellaneous plant and system operators |