OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252498
CITY OF RALEIGH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AN
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
Three employees exposed to chlorine gas
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 smelled chlorine gas as he was driving home and went to investigate. He then drove coworkers to the building to help stop the leak. Employee #1, who had not used personal protective equipment, was examined at a hospital and rele ased. Employee #2 was also driving home when he smelled chlorine gas and stopped . Employee #2, who had a beard, wore a Scott self-contained breathing apparatus but was overcome when he attempted to enter the building. He was examined at the hospital and released. Employee #3 was instructed to check out the leak. He wor e a National Drager self-contained breathing apparatus but was also overcome by the chlorine vapors. Employee #3 was examined at home.
Victims (3)
-
#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 2
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.