OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809087
IND TRK OPERATOR,AMMONIA,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,AIR CONTAMINATION,GAS LEAK,CHEMICAL VAPOR,TOXIC FUMES
Event description
Thirteen employees overexposed to ammonia gas
Investigation abstract
A forklift operator raised the forks on his truck to a height that would enable him to turn around in a narrow aisle between palletized boxes of turkeys. When h e started to turn, the raised load on the forklift hit a drainage valve for the #40 suction line for a plant cooling system and sheared off a 1/2 in. nipple. Am monia gas escaped, exposing Employees #1 through #13. Employees #1 through #4 sh owed significantly noticeable effects of the gas such that the company doctor re commended they be taken to the hospital for observation. They were subsequently released to return to work. Employees #5 through #13 were evaluated at the scene by the plant nurse and later by the company doctor.
Victims (15)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 786
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#13 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#14 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#15 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 47 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 786
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 786
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0170
- Task assigned
- 1
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