WALDORF CORPORATION

FELL INTO HOT WATER VAT AND RECEIVED FATAL BURNS

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHANGING THE FABRIC ON THE FOURD RINIER PAPER MACHINE NUMBER 5. HE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 FEET UNDER THE MACHINE AND AT THE EDGE OF A 5 FOOT BY 5 F OOT HOT WATER VAT. HE WAS IN A CROUCHED POSITION BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 4 FEET OF CLEARANCE UNDER THE PAPER MACHINE. HE WAS REACHING OUTWARD, ATTEMPING TO PULL THE FABRIC UNDER THE MACHINE AND ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE. HE CLAIMED THAT HE SLIPPED ON SOME WATER ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR AND FELL INTO THE VAT OF HOT WAT ER (150F). HE WAS IMMEDIATELY HELPED OUT BY COWORKERS, WHO REMOVED HIS CLOTHES A ND HOSED HIM DOWN WITH COLD WATER. HE SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS OVE R 90% OF HIS BODY, AND LATER DIED.