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Accident Summary Nr: 14217319 - CHEMICAL MIXTURE EXPLODED, INJURING EMPLOYEES

Accident Summary Nr: 14217319 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 09/21/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14597587	09/21/1984	3494	0	Asm America

Abstract: A WORKER ATTEMPTED TO DEMONSTRATE FOR ANOTHER WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NITRIC ACID AND ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL ARE MIXED TOGETHER. THE WORKED HAD FINISHED HIS ASSIGNED TASK OF MAKING UP AN ACID DIP TANK. HE LEFT A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID IN ONE OF THE ONE GALLON GLASS BOTTLES. WITH THE OTHER EMPLOYEE PRESENT, HE ADDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER AND ALCOHOL AND PUT THE CAP ON LOOSELY. THE REACTION PROCEEDED RAPIDLY AND SOON BUILT UP ENOUGH GAS PRESSURE TO BURST THE BOTTLE. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED SUPERFICIAL CUTS AND ACID BURNS. ONE ARM BONE WAS CHIPPED. ONE ARM BONE WAS CHIPPED. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED CUTS AND BURNS ALSO. HIS CAROTID ARTERY WAS CUT, REQUIRING HIM TO GET BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SIX DAYS.

Keywords: SEVERED, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, EXPLOSION, LACERATION, CHEMICAL REACTION, CHEMICAL BURN, NITRIC ACID, ARTERY, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14597587			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
2	14597587			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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