Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370245 - EMPLOYEES OVERCOME BY EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE

Accident Summary Nr: 200370245 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301768784	09/22/1998	4911	0	Santee Cooper

Abstract: Some employees were installing a French drain system to collect water seeping from a slurry pond. The employees were entering the catch basin to do the final touch-up work by riding the bucket of a backhoe down into the basin. One of the employees, a 57-year old supervisor, was engulfed by vapors that were later found to be hydrogen sulfide. He died of inhalation of toxic fumes. Four other employees were hospitalized for exposure to the hydrogen sulfide.

Keywords: CONFINED SPACE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, CONSTRUCTION, INHALATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TOXIC FUMES, BACKHOE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301768784	Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators
2	301768784	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators
3	301768784	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators
4	301768784	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators
5	301768784	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators

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