Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 595942 - Forty-four employees exposed to hazardous chemical release

Accident Summary Nr: 595942 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 07/27/1995
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.
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.

Keywords: LEAK, LUNG, INHALATION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TOXIC FUMES, PUMP, VAPOR, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
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

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