Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370393 - Two employees exposed to chlorine gas

Accident Summary Nr: 200370393 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/01/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302418553	03/10/1999	4213	0	Howard Lisk Trucking Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302418488	02/23/1999	2261	0	West Point Stevens, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 worked at the wastewater treatment facility of a textile finishing plant. They were helping a tanker truck driver unload a shipment of sodium hypochlorite that had been misidentified as ferric chloride by plant security personnel. The security person relayed the mistaken product identity to the wastewater plan manager who passed on the information verbally Employees #1 and #2. They told the truck driver to connect the truck delivery hose to the ferric chloride tank and to begin pumping. As the sodium hypochlorite entered the storage tank, the chemical reaction of the mixture began to release chlorine gas into the atmosphere. Employees #1 and #2 were nearly overcome, but they managed to run away from the vapors.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, INHALATION, CHLORINE, AIR CONTAMINATION, OFF LOADING, CAUSTIC, SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, CHEMICAL REACTION, RESPIRATORY TRACT, CHEMICAL VAPOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302418553			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, heavy
2	302418488			Hospitalized injury	Other	Water and sewage treatment plant operators

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