Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201320090 - EMPLOYEE DIES AFTER CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER BURST

Accident Summary Nr: 201320090 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 09/19/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122027444	09/19/1997	2812	0	Praxair Distribution, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was filling a chlorine gas cylinder (pressure rating 480 psi) with nitrogen gas from a storage tank (pressure rating 3,000 psi). Employee #1 was purging the chlorine cylinder to prepare it for hydro-testing. The chlorine gas cylinder became over pressurized and burst sending Employee #1 across the room and killing him. There was no pressure regulator or pressure relief device on the filling system between the 3,000 psi nitrogen system and the 480 psi chlorine cylinder. Employee #1 could only regulate the pressure by opening and closing a valve and watching a pressure gauge.

Keywords: CYLINDER, GAS, CHLORINE, EXPLOSION, PRESSURE RELEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122027444			Fatality	Other	Chemists, except biochemists

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