Accident Report Detail
Accident: 94425.015 - Employees Falls Through A Drain Cover And Sustains Burns
Accident: 94425.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 02/01/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1221278.015 | 03/31/2017 | Kimberly Clark Corp | |||||
At 11:00 a.m. om February 1, 2017, an employee was walking towards the machine area to determine the cause of the machine shut down. The paper machine was dislodged by a thick paper stock and covered in about 18 inches of paper fiber. The employee's left foot/ankle fell through a dislodged drain cover (grate) and his left foot slipped into the U-channel which was transporting boiling water/steam at about 250 degrees. The employee sustained second degree burns to foot and ankle on his left leg which required a skin graft. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, fall, flowing material, paper machine, grating
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1221278.015 | 38 | M | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Machine operators, not specified |