OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #677187
RESPIRATORY,LUNG,BLEACH,WORK RULES,CLEANING,INHALATION,PHOSPHORIC ACID,CHLORINE,CLEANING FLUID,TOXIC FUMES
Event description
13 EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN EXPOSED TO CHLORINE GAS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 7 AM ON FEBRUARY 12, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE #1 TUMBLER IN T ERE HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE EFFECTS. HE FOURTH FLOOR HAM BONING ROOM. THE EMPLOYEE RINSED OUT THE TUMBLER WITH BRINE SOLUTION, THEN ADDED A BLEACH SOLUTION AND WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN ALKALINE SOAP. HE STARTED UP THE TUMBLER AND LEFT THE AREA. ON HIS WAY OUT, HE MET WITH EMPLOY EES #2 THROUGH #13, WHO WERE EVACUATING THEIR WORK POSITIONS BECAUSE SOMETHING W AS CAUSING THEM TO EXPERIENCE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION AND COUGHING. EMPLOYEE #1 T HEN WENT BACK TO THE TUMBLER TO INVESTIGATE. HE WAS EXPOSED TO THE TOXIC FUMES A ND SUFFERED SEVERE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. THE MATERIAL THAT THE EMPLOYEE ADDED TO THE BLEACH TURNED OUT TO BE A PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 W
Victims (13)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#13 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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