Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14504179 - FOURTEEN EMPLOYEES EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL RELEASE

Accident Summary Nr: 14504179 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 07/24/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106030893	07/25/1989	3721	0	Learjet Corporation

Abstract: A chemical tank containing a mixture of nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid and water was emptied into a salvage tank so that the air agitator in the tank could be repaired. The salvage tank's liner had a hole in it, and the hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid mixture leaked through the liner. It ate through the steel tank and was captured in the containment pit below. The mixture began to react with the concrete, where upon the employees were evacuated and the fire department was called.

Keywords: LEAK, LUNG, HYDROFLUORIC ACID, CHEMICAL REACTION, NITRIC ACID, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
8	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
9	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
10	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
11	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
12	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
13	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
14	106030893	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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