OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884734
RESPIRATORY,REACTOR,HYDROGEN CHLORIDE,WORK RULES,INHALATION,SPILL,INATTENTION,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
Three employees inhale hydrogen chloride
Investigation abstract
A titanium tetrachloride spill occurred when all personnel involved failed to re alize that a reactor used for the production of titanium was cold. This caused t itanium tetrachloride to pass through the reactor--a heated reactor with molten magnesium would have blocked the titanium tetrachloride. Timet Employees #1 thro ugh #3, all tappers, were exposed to hydrogen chloride inhalation with zero visi bility caused by titanium dioxide.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
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