Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 675256 - Employee killed in hazardous waste explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 675256 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/06/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124650029	09/06/1993	3482	0	Divex Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the company president, was killed when an aqueous solution was poured into a drum containing a mixture of sulfuric acid and undetermined hazardous waste containing reactive/explosive chemicals, causing an explosion.

Keywords: EXPLOSION, CHEMICAL REACTION, SULFURIC ACID, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124650029			Fatality	Other	Chemists, except biochemists

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