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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14339295

RESPIRATORY,RUPTURE,CHLORINE,GAS LEAK,TOXIC FUMES

Event
RESPIRATORY,RUPTURE,CHLORINE,GAS LEAK,TOXIC FUMES
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14339295
Report ID
453710

Event description

EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO CHLORINE GAS FROM RUPTURED LINE

Investigation abstract

ON OCTOBER 8, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:40 PM, A CHLORINE GAS LINE WHICH HAD BROK EN LOOSE FROM ITS SUPPORTS WAS HANGING ABOUT TWO FEET BELOW ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE LINE WAS STRUCK AND RUPTURED BY A RAILROAD TANK CAR WHICH WAS BEING MOVED. CHLORINE GAS WAS ALLOWED TO ESCAPE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MINUTES BEFORE AN EMPLOYEE WITH A GAS MASK TURNED THE VALVE OFF. EMPLOYEES #1-5 WERE EXPOSED T O THE CHLORINE GAS AND WERE HOSPITALIZED.

Victims (5)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 57 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    2
  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 64 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1

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