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Accident Summary Nr: 14442297 - EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO FATAL CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE

Accident Summary Nr: 14442297 -- Report ID: 0355122 -- Event Date: 12/14/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3355112	12/04/1986	2823	0	Avtex Fibers, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO THAW A FROZEN PIPELINE WHICH CARRIED A CHEMICAL SOLUTION FROM A RAYON SPINNING PROCESS TO A 10,000 GALLON STORAGE TANK. THE CHEMICAL SOLUTION CONSISTED OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WATER, SULFURIC ACID, SODIUM SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE AND CARBON DISULFIDE. EMPLOYEE #1, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE TANK, STUCK HIS HEAD INTO THE MANHOLE WHILE TRYING TO THAW THE LINE AND WAS OVERCOME BY THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND CARBON DISULFIDE.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONFINED SPACE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, CHEMICAL REACTION, TOXIC FUMES, MANHOLE, SULFURIC ACID, CARBON DISULFIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3355112			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors, production occupations

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