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Accident Summary Nr: 135419.015 - Employee sustains chemical burns in oleum railcar hose failu

Accident Summary Nr: 135419.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 05/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1529573.015	05/07/2021		325199	Futurefuel Chemical Co

Abstract: At 7:20 a.m. on May 5, 2021, an employee working for a chemical manufacturer had secured a railcar containing 29.5% Oleum to a hose and piping system. The pipe fed Oleum from the rail car directly into a reaction vessel containing phenol. The hose connected to the rail car failed causing oleum to escape the railcar and form a gas plume. The employee was sprayed with oleum and enveloped by the gas cloud. Emergency responders found the employee and airlifted him to the hospital. The employee was hospitalized to treat chemical burns to multiple parts of his body including his respiratory tract.

Keywords: Burn, Chemical, Chemical Burn, Chemical Exposure, Chemical Vapor, Connecting, Corrosive, Emergency Response, Equipment Failure, Gas, Hose, Inhalation, Leak, Lung, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Operator, Overcome by vapors, Railroad Car, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Spill, Sprayed, Sulfuric Acid, Torso, Vapor, Vessel--Container

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1529573.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury

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