Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 677187 - 13 EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN EXPOSED TO CHLORINE GAS

Accident Summary Nr: 677187 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 02/12/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101324887	02/16/1988	2011	0	Kahns And Company

Abstract: AT ABOUT 7 AM ON FEBRUARY 12, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE #1 TUMBLER IN THE FOURTH FLOOR HAM BONING ROOM. THE EMPLOYEE RINSED OUT THE TUMBLER WITH BRINE SOLUTION, THEN ADDED A BLEACH SOLUTION AND WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN ALKALINE SOAP. HE STARTED UP THE TUMBLER AND LEFT THE AREA. ON HIS WAY OUT, HE MET WITH EMPLOYEES #2 THROUGH #13, WHO WERE EVACUATING THEIR WORK POSITIONS BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS CAUSING THEM TO EXPERIENCE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION AND COUGHING. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN WENT BACK TO THE TUMBLER TO INVESTIGATE. HE WAS EXPOSED TO THE TOXIC FUMES AND SUFFERED SEVERE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION. THE MATERIAL THAT THE EMPLOYEE ADDED TO THE BLEACH TURNED OUT TO BE A PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE EFFECTS.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, LUNG, BLEACH, WORK RULES, CLEANING, INHALATION, PHOSPHORIC ACID, CHLORINE, CLEANING FLUID, TOXIC FUMES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
2	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
3	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
4	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
5	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
6	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
7	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
8	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
9	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
10	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
11	101324887	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
12	101324887	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations
13	101324887	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscelaneous food preparation occupations

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