Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14523872 - BOILER HOUSE EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE

Accident Summary Nr: 14523872 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/03/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1659481	04/12/1984	1741	0	Chiz Bros Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1659473	04/04/1984	3312	0	Wheeling Pittsburg Steel Corporation North Facili
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1659499	04/06/1984	3443	0	Monroe Incorporated

Abstract: THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE WEST END OF THE #1 BOILER HOUSE, WHERE CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR PERSONNEL WERE WORKING. WATER IN A DRIP-LEG RESERVOIR FOR THE 5 FOOT BLAST FURNACE MAIN BECAME LOW, FALLING TO WITHIN ABOUT 34 INCHES OF THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIP LEG. SINCE THE GAS PRESSURE WITHIN THE MAIN WAS AT ABOUT 34 INCHES OF WATER, GAS BEGAN TO BLOW OUT OF THE 14 INCH DRIP LEG OFF THE 5 FOOT DIAMETER MAIN. (THE DRIP LEG IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE #1 BOILER HOUSE.) THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE RESERVOIR WAS EITHER TURNED OFF AT THE VALVE OR THE VALVE WAS PLUGGED. PERSONNEL AT ALL LEVELS OF THE WEST 1/3 OF THE BOILER HOUSE WERE EXPOSED TO HIGH LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE FROM THE FURNACE GAS. SOME OF THOSE EXPOSED, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RESCUERS NOT EQUIPPED WITH RESPIRATORS, PASSED OUT. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE HOSPITALIZED. THE EMPLOYER HAD NOT PROPERLY EQUIPPED OR TRAINED HIS EMPLOYEES FOR SUCH AN INCIDENT.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, UNTRAINED, CARBON MONOXIDE, RESPIRATOR, FURNACE, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1659481	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	1659481	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	1659473			Occupation Not Listed
4	1659499			Occupation Not Listed

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