Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 A M 06/06/84 TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CLEANING THE INSIDE OF A TANK TRUCK, WHICH HAD CONTAINED (CHEMICAL VAPORS). AFTER APPOXIMATELY 2 HOURS OF CLEANING, EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED INTO THE TOP OF THE TANK AND OPENED THE DOME LID TO INSERT A DRYER. HE BEGAN COUGHING AFTER HE WAS EXPOSED TO THE CHEMICAL VAPORS ESCAPING FROM THE TANK THROUGH THE OPEN DOME LID. AFTER WALKING APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET EMPLOYEE #1 INDICATED HE COULD NOT "CATCH HIS BREATH" AND THAT HE NEEDED HELP. HE LOST CONSCIOSNESS AT APPROXIMATELY 6:11 AM, WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 7:08 AM. NOTE: THE CHEMICAL VAPOR WAS ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN THIS ABSTRACT AS "INALEIE ARHYDRIDE". (PROBABLY AN ANHYDRIDE) THE 170 ACCOMPANYING THE PRINTOUT HAD NO ABSTRACT, SO THE CHEMICAL CANNOT BE CHECKED. IWG