Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 595942 - Forty-four employees exposed to hazardous chemical release
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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106220767 | 07/28/1995 | 1541 | 0 | Gulf States Inc. |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
106220775 | 07/28/1995 | 1796 | 0 | Suitt Construction Co., Inc. |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
106220767 | 07/28/1995 | 1541 | 0 | Gulf States Inc. |
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
106220775 | 07/28/1995 | 1796 | 0 | Suitt Construction Co., Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 12:25 p.m. on July 27, 1995, Employees #1 through #44 were in their lunch area eating their lunches and were caught in a vapor cloud of hydrogen chloride formed when a pump containing phosphorous trichloride failed and leaked into a dike containing puddles of water. The employees were evacuated to their designated assembly point and were transported by buses and ambulances to the area hospitals and admitted. Employees #1 through #44 sustained lung irritations.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 106220767 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
2 | 106220767 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
3 | 106220767 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
4 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
5 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
6 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
7 | 106220767 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
8 | 106220767 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
9 | 106220767 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
10 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
11 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
12 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
13 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
14 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
15 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
16 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
17 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported | ||
18 | 106220775 | Hospitalized injury | Burn(Chemical) | Occupation not reported |