OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14369185
R.M.I.
ASHTABULA, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEES BURNED BY MOLTEN SODIUM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE CHANGING A SODIUM VALVE ON A SODIUM TANK CAR UNLOAD ING VALVE. THEY WERE SPRAYED WITH MOLTEN SODIUM WHEN THE VALVE WAS REMOVED AND S ODIUM WAS FORCED OUTWARD BY COMPRESSED NITROGEN LOCATED BETWEEN A BLOCK VALVE AN D THE VALVE BEING REPLACED. THE NITROGEN IS NORMALLY USED TO FORCE SODIUM OUT OF THE TANK CAR AND INTO A HOLDING TANK. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE KILLED. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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