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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204465

RESPIRATORY,PPE,INHALATION,CHEMICAL REACTION,TOXIC FUMES,UNTRAINED,CHEMICAL

Event
RESPIRATORY,PPE,INHALATION,CHEMICAL REACTION,TOXIC FUMES,UNTRAINED,CHEMICAL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14204465
Report ID
1054194

Event description

EXPOSED TO TOXIC FUMES FROM CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 ACCIDENTALLY ADDED 55 GALLONS OF CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACID (93%) TO CTIVE EQUIPMENT AND THE FAILURE TO READ THE LABEL ON THE CHEMICAL CONTAINER. 30 GALLONS OF DILUTE HYDROCHLORIC ACID (31%) IN AN OUTDOOR STRIPPING TANK. A VI OLENT REACTION ENSUED, CAUSING THE RELEASE OF TOXIC GASES. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN TRIE D TO STABILIZE THE SITUATION BY ADDING WATER TO THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS FIVE F EET FROM THE TANK, EMPLOYEE #2, 75 FEET AND EMPLOYEE #7, 50 FEET. EMPLOYEES #4, 6, 8 AND 9 TRIED TO NEUTRALIZE THE ACID BY THE ADDITION OF SODA ASH (400 POUNDS) . THIS RESULTED IN A SECOND RELEASE OF GASES. THE EMPLOYEES SUFFERED PULMONARY I RRITATION AND VIOLENT COUGHING. THE CAUSAL FACTORS WERE: A LACK OF TRAINING IN H ANDLING CHEMICALS, THE FAILURE TO USE ACID PUMPS, FAILURE TO WEAR PERSONAL PROTE

Victims (9)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #8 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #9 Hospitalized Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    2310
    Task assigned
    1

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