OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14461156
DRUM,INHALATION,GAS,RUPTURE,OFF LOADING,CHEMICAL VAPOR,TOXIC FUMES,ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
Event description
Employee injured after inhaling fumes from acid spill
Investigation abstract
A 55-gallon drum of chloridic acid was being off loaded from a truck when it fel l to the floor and ruptured. The fumes affected Employee #1, who was in a nearby office.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 336
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
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