OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503338
RESPIRATORY,CONFINED SPACE,HYDROGEN SULFIDE,INHALATION,TANK
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN PICKLING TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A PICKLING TANK USED IN THE HIDE TANNING PROCESS. THE TANK WAS 79 INCHES DEEP. THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS WITHIN THE TANK. THERE ARE N O KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHY OR HOW E MPLOYEE #1 CAME TO BE IN THE TANK. THE PRELIMINARY PATHOLOGIST FINDINGS INDICATE D "ACUTE TRACHEOBRONCHITIS WITH SEVERE BILATERAL PULMONARY EDEMA" HAVING" CLINIC AL HISTORY COMPATIBLE WITH HYDROGREN SULFIDE POISONING".
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 2
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