OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399661
TEXACO, INC.
STREETMAN, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE BREATHED HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS AT THE PLANT WHEN HE INEXPLICABLY OPENED A BLE EDER VALVE AT THE STRIPPER REFLUX ACCUMULATOR. THE OPENED VALVE ALLOWED TOXIC HY DROGEN SULFIDE TO ESCAPE. THE EMPLOYEE BREATHED THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND WAS KIL LED. NO ONE KNOWS WHY THE EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE OPENED THE BLEEDER VALVE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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