Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170185755 - EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO E AND O FROM OPEN TANK DOOR

Accident Summary Nr: 170185755 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111992871	07/22/1991	8062	0	Kaiser Permanente

Abstract: AT 7:00 A.M. ON JULY 18, 1991, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO CHANGE THE ETHYLENE OXIDE CYLINDER IN THE CENTRAL PROCESSING AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 PROCEEDED TO THE AREA WEARING NO PPE. KITCHEN EMPLOYEES CAME OVER TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY HAD A POSSIBLE STEAM LEAK, AND EMPLOYEE #1 RUSHED TO STOP THE LEAK. IN DOING SO, EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE ETHYLENE OXIDE TANK DOOR OPEN WHILE THE TANK WAS BEING BLED. ADDITIONALLY, HE LEFT BOTH THE NEW AND OLD TANKS FREESTANDING. SINCE THE TANK DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED, ETHYLENE OXIDE ESCAPED INTO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT CAUSING THE 20 PPM ALARM TO SOUND. THE CENTRAL PROCESSING AREA WAS EVACUATED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE ONLY EMPLOYEE EXPOSED.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, ETHYLENE OXIDE, WORK RULES, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE, TANK, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111992871			Non Hospitalized injury	Dermatitis	Occupation not reported

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