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Accident Summary Nr: 14539738 - HYDROGEN SULFIDE POISONING

Accident Summary Nr: 14539738 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 06/06/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
644518	06/12/1985	1311	0	Balcron Oil Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE INSTALLING AN AUXILIARY OIL FLOW LINE IN AN OIL FIELD TREATER WHEN THEY DID SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN LINE TO RUPTURE, RELEASING OIL, WATER, AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE INTO THE CONFINED AREA OF THE TREATER HOUSE. BOTH EMPLOYEE #1 AND EMPLOYEE #2 DIED AS A RESULT OF ASPHYXIATION. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS INJURED DURING THE RESCUE ATTEMPT. PREVIOUSLY, THE COMPANY HAD TAKEN NO HYDROGEN SULFIDE PRECAUTIONS -- NO TRAINING, NO MONITORING, AND NO RESPIRATORY PROTECTION.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, GAS, OIL LINE, RUPTURE, POISONING, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	644518	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	644518	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	644518	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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