OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346498
ECI DIVISION OF E-SYSTEMS, INC
ST PETERSBURG, FL·
Event description
CHEMICAL REACTION CAUSED EXPLOSION; EMPLOYEES BURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE DISPOSING OF SOME SILVER CYANIDE LIQUID WASTE. A FLASH EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE AS THEY WERE POURING THE THIRD OF THREE 15 GALLON CONTAINER S OF THE CHEMICAL WASTE INTO A 55 GALLON CONTAINER. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED CHEMICA L BURNS TO HIS HANDS. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS TO HIS LEG. AT LEAST 2 1 OTHERS EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR POSSIBLE INJURY FROM SKIN OR RESPIRATOR Y EXPOSURE TO SILVER CYANIDE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WAS THE MA TERIAL THAT WAS MIXED WITH THE SILVER CYANIDE. THE CHEMICAL REACTION RUPTURED TH E 55 GALLON POLYPROPYLENE CONTAINER.
Victims (3)
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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.