OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511992
ELDORADO CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
LIVE OAK, TX·
Event description
Employee killed after exposure to sump tank chemicals
Investigation abstract
On March 13, 1987, Employee #1 was doing the daily check of the fluid level of a sump and went into the sump hole alone, without notifying anyone. The sump cont ained 2 to 4 in. of fluid from the plant's drains. The major contaminants in the fluid were methylene chloride, phenol, formic acid, and toluene. Employee #1 wa s found lying in the fluid at about 10:45 a.m. He had sustained chemical burns f rom adsorption of the hazardous chemicals and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 2
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