OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691832
THE PILLSBURY CO
OGDEN, UT·
Event description
Employee inhales low concentrations of chlorine gas
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a miller, was checking an l.p. conveyor that was not running, causi ng the floor stream to back up into a chlorine agitator. The conveyor had been p roperly tagged and locked out by a maintenance. A coworker, an assistant miller, failed to follow proper procedures before he directed the floor stream into the system and then turned on the chlorine gas, which Employee #1 then inhaled. The accident would not have occurred if proper procedures had been followed by the assistant miller. Personal protective equipment was available.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 444
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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