104,543Records 70,659Employers 84,666Hospitalizations 27,563Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-09-30
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14350995

LEAK,CYLINDER,INHALATION,CHLORINE,GAS LEAK

Event
LEAK,CYLINDER,INHALATION,CHLORINE,GAS LEAK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14350995
Report ID
418300

Event description

EXPOSED TO CHLORINE GAS

Investigation abstract

A COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER, CONTAINING CHLORINE GAS, DEVELOPED A LEAK THROUGH AN EIGHTH INCH HOLE AT ITS BASE. 27 EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO THE CHLORINE GAS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #7 WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPIT AL. BY MAY 14TH ALL BUT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL .

Victims (7)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 29 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 32 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1
  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0640
    Task assigned
    1

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.