OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970848
VENTILATION,WORK RULES,INHALATION,CHLORINE,SCBA,GAS LEAK,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE
Event description
Two employees exposed to chlorine gas
Investigation abstract
On February 13, 1989, Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers were attempting to bring not following written procedures. the Southwest Regional Water Treatment Plant back on line to purify and chlorin ate drinking water for sandy water users. A chlorine leak developed and Employee s #1 and #2 used several bottles of air on SCBA trying to pinpoint the leak with out success. While Employee #1 was initially investigating, one of the two exhau st vent systems did not come on because of a tripped circuit breaker, and he was exposed to chlorine fumes. Employee #2 was exposed when he ran into the chlorin ator room without SCBA and after the vent system had been intentionally shut dow n. Both employees were hospitalized. These exposures resulted from the employees
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 22
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 22
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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