OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14471031
DEH PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
SCHAUMBURG, IL·
Event description
Three employees injured by chlorine gas and explosion
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 added a peroxymonosulfate compound to a plating bath etching solution, resulting in the creation of chlorine gas. Employees #1, #2, and #5 e xited the area containing the bath and then reentered the building to dump the t ank. The tank exploded, and an unspecified worker had his left leg severed below the knee. Employees #1, #2, and #5 were hospitalized for exposure to chlorine g as. Employees #3 and #4 were not in the area and were not exposed to the chlorin e. The wrong chemical was added to the plating bath and its base of sodium chlor ide resulted in the creation of chlorine gas.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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