Construction Laborer Dies from Burns Received when Scalding Hot Water Floods Sewer

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ray, Thomas D. ; Roberts, Daryl W.
• Corporate Authors:
  Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE) ; Missouri. Department of Health
• Description:
  A construction laborer died from the thermal burns received when a sewer he was working in flooded with scalding hot water. Upstream a wood and sandbag bulkhead gave away allowing the water to flood the 2.5 by 3.5 foot sewer line where the victim and two co-workers were working. The rush of water washed the men nearly two blocks downstream where they were able to rescue themselves and climb out of the sewer through a manhole. The co-workers suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 30 percent of their bodies and the victim suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 60 percent of his body and survived 26 days. The Missouri Occupational Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. use slide gates instead of, or in conjunction with, conventional sewer plugs. 2. develop and implement specific confined space entry and work procedures.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Construction
  • Construction-industry
  • Construction-workers
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Confined Space ; Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92MO037
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026225
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-109893
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 92MO037, 1993 Apr ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  Missouri Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2002/03/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-92MO037 ; FACE 92MO03701
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170293/cdc_170293_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 76.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f1383af4e1beb63ad90de10b0465580dd05014311004e9c502f4ce6427b87980d40b997310e50572ab5f21c092088d1d6e078644b2ff33573a43b5f66db4e65d