VALVES ON WATER HEATER WERE NOT IN PROPER POSITION TO ALLOW WATER FLOW. WHEN OPENED, HIGH PRESSURE BROKE THE SUPPLY HOSE TO THE SYSTEM AND HOT WATER WAS RELEASED EXTREMELY FAST AND HIT EE'S LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT HAND.
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March 13, 1998
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
L G Everist Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
March 13, 1998
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
L G Everist Inc · Fall down raise, shaft or manway
VALVES ON WATER HEATER WERE NOT IN PROPER POSITON TO ALLOW WATER FLOW. WHEN OPENED, HIGH PRESSURE BROKE THE SUPPLY HOSE TO THE SYSTEM AND HOT WATER WAS RELEASED EXTREMELY FAST AND HIT THE EE'S RIGHT EYE.
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