OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250351
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL
CANTON, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO LEAKING CHLORINE GAS
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON JULY 9, 1986, A CHLORINE LEAK OCCURED WHEN A LOW PRESSU RE SENSING DEVICE ALLOWED 300 POUNDS OF CHLORINE GAS TO ESCAPE. (THE DEVICE FAIL ED BECAUSE OF METAL FATIGUE.) EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE WOOD PREPARATION AR EA AND INHALED SOME OF THE CHLORINE FUMES.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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