OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347884
HUNT REFINING COMPANY, A CORPORATION
TUSCALOOSA, AL·
Event description
Employee killed by overexposure to hydrogen sulfide
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 19, 1988, Employee #1, a coker operator, w as making inspection rounds in the refinery coker area. Evidently the employee w as exposed to a high level of hydrogen sulfide when a coker stabilizer reflux pu mp seal failed. Employee #1 was found face down 15 feet from a pump that had a b lown seal. He was taken by ambulance to the local hospital, where he was pronoun ced dead on arrival.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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