Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170390587 - Employee killed when steam line ruptured

Accident Summary Nr: 170390587 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305206252	10/11/2002	1623	237110	Citizens Thermal Energy

Abstract: On October 10, 2002, Employee #1 entered into a confined space, a manhole, without initiating any lockout or tag out procedures, and attempted to repair a high pressure, high temperature, steam trap line. Employee #1 apparently had tried to remove the trap and was moving within the manhole and apparently struck an internally deteriorated blow down line, causing it to separate from the steam line and releasing 700 to 800 degree Fahrenheit, 250 p.s.i. steam into the confined space. This resulted in blowing Employee #1 out of the manhole, and his receiving third degree full thickness burns over 95 percent of his body. Employee #1 died approximately 10 hours later at the hospital.

Keywords: BURN, STEAM LINE, CONFINED SPACE, LOCKOUT, STEAM, MANHOLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305206252			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Mechanical controls and valve repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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