Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14523054 - TANK ENTRY ASPHYXIATION

Accident Summary Nr: 14523054 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 04/17/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1668524	04/19/1984	3231	0	Thermo-Rite Mfg Co

Abstract: ON APRIL 17, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NEUTRALIZING AN OPEN SURFACE TANK CONTAINING TRICHLORORTHYLENE, WHICH HAD BECOME ACIDIC. SODA ASHWAS DISSOLVED IN WATER AND WAS BEING POURED FROM A BUCKET TO NEUTRALIZE THE SOLVENT. THE TANK WAS 6' DEEP, 3' WIDE AND 7' LONG. THE EMPLOYEE EMPTIED THE NEUTRALIZED TRICHLORETHYLENE (WITH A PUMP) TO A HOLDING TANK, AND CLIMBED INTO THE NEUTRALIZING TANK. HE TOOK A BROOM AND A DUST PAN INTO THE TANK. HE WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE TANK BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO ENTER THE TANK FOR ANY REASON.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, TANK, TRICHLORETHYLENE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1668524			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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