Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14503338 - EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN PICKLING TANK

Accident Summary Nr: 14503338 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 09/11/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101843670	09/15/1986	3111	0	I. B. P., Inc. Hide Div.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A PICKLING TANK USED IN THE HIDE TANNING PROCESS. THE TANK WAS 79 INCHES DEEP. THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS WITHIN THE TANK. THERE ARE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHY OR HOW EMPLOYEE #1 CAME TO BE IN THE TANK. THE PRELIMINARY PATHOLOGIST FINDINGS INDICATED "ACUTE TRACHEOBRONCHITIS WITH SEVERE BILATERAL PULMONARY EDEMA" HAVING" CLINICAL HISTORY COMPATIBLE WITH HYDROGREN SULFIDE POISONING".

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, CONFINED SPACE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, INHALATION, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101843670			Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported

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