Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031144 - Employee dies from exposure to hydrogen sulfide

Accident Summary Nr: 200031144 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303124010	10/10/2000	4953	0	Clean Harbors Services, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on the top of a reactor unit in a waste water treatment facility. He was checking the level of the solution in the reaction chambers through open port holes in the reactor. Waste acids in the reactor were to be neutralized with waste caustics. A sulfide solution was accidentally added causing a release of hydrogen sulfide. Employee #1 was over exposed, collapsed, and died.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CAUSTIC, REACTOR, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, GAS, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TANK, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303124010			Fatality	Asphyxia	Mixing and blending machine operators

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