Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 565333 - EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO RELEASED AMMONIA

Accident Summary Nr: 565333 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 10/07/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107570087	10/09/1991	2015	0	Tyson Foods, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 P.M. ON OCTOBER 7, 1991, EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #10 ON THE PRODUCTION FLOOR OF PLANT #3 NOTICED THE SMELL OF AMMONIA. THE EMPLOYEES STARTED EVACUATING. ABOUT 78 POUNDS OF AMMONIA WAS RELEASED FROM THE ROTATOR POP-OFF VALVE. THE VALVE IS 82 FEET FROM THE EXHAUST FAN WITH AN INTAKE TO PULL AIR INTO THE FRYER ROOM. WHEN THE POUCHLINE EXIT DOOR WAS OPENED, THE AMMONIA WAS PULLED INTO THE PLANT, EXPOSING THE EXITING EMPLOYEES.

Keywords: VENTILATION, AMMONIA, AIR CONTAMINATION, OVEREXPOSURE, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107570087	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
8	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
9	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
10	107570087	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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