OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442297
UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CONFINED SPACE,HYDROGEN SULFIDE,WORK RULES,INHALATION,CHEMICAL REACTION,TOXIC FUMES,MANHOLE,SULFURIC ACID,CARBON DISULFIDE
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO FATAL CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO THAW A FROZEN PIPELINE WHICH CARRIED A CHEMICAL SO LUTION FROM A RAYON SPINNING PROCESS TO A 10,000 GALLON STORAGE TANK. THE CHEMIC AL SOLUTION CONSISTED OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WATER, SULFURIC ACID, SODIUM SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE AND CARBON DISULFIDE. EMPLOYEE #1, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE TANK, STU CK HIS HEAD INTO THE MANHOLE WHILE TRYING TO THAW THE LINE AND WAS OVERCOME BY T HE HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND CARBON DISULFIDE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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