	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  THE DECEASED WAS 
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE K.P.C. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES ON POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA.  THE COMPANY OPERATED A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN BROWARD COUNTY. HE WAS THE TREATMENT MANAGER SINCE 1990. 
	ON TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1996, AT ABOUT 3:50 PM, THE ACID BATCH TANK 
REUPURED, IT HAD BEEN TREATED EARLIER IN THE DAY CAUSING THE NEUTRELIZING ACID TO GENERATE A TEMPERATURE. THE TANK SPLIT OPEN SPILLING HOT WASTE OUT ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE TANK HAD BEEN 
USED CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT INCIDENT SINCE 1992, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACID NEUTRALIZATION. THE PROCEDURE WAS USUALLY DONE BY THE DECEASED TO ADJUST THE PH  OF THE WASTE ACIDS USING SODIUM HYDROXIDE, THEN IT WAS ALLOWED TO COOL FOR 24 HOURS. 	
	HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH BROWARD MEDICAL CENTER FOR 
IMMEDIATE TREATMENT, THEN TRANSFERRED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MIAMI, FLORIDA.	
	UPON ARRIVAL AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HE WAS ADMITTED WITH 
2 ND DEGREE SPLASH BURNS TOTALING 48.3% OF HIS BODY SURFACE, MOSTLY  TO THE TRUNK AND LIMBS ANTERIORLY. 
	HE REMAINED AN INPATIENT UNTIL JULY 18, 1996, AT THAT TIME HE EXPIRED 
IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT 12:25 PM.  	