OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394266
INTERNATIONAL MAINTENACE CORP.
WESTLAKE, LA·
Event description
One killed, one hospitalized after hydrogen sulfide exposure
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was acting as a standby while Employee #2 and a coworker performed a mployee #1 was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital. Employee #2 rem ained hospitalized for two days for observation. routine maintenance task on a relief valve and the flare line in the B-reformer unit at the Citgo Refinery in Sulfur, LA. Employee #1 was on a platform located approximately 4 feet lower than the scaffold on which Employee #2 was working. When Employee #2 and the coworker removed a blind, hydrogen sulfide gas was rele ased from the flare line. Employee #1 was overcome by the gas before being able to put on his self-contained breathing apparatus. When Employee #2 jumped down t o the platform to rescue Employee #1, his supplied air hose popped loose. The co worker was able to reconnect Employee #2's air hose to the bottled air supply. E
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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