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Accident Summary Nr: 734996 - FIREFIGHTERS EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS DURING FIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 734996 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 03/17/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105423172	03/18/1988	9224	0	City Of Columbia, Lower Richland Sta Fd
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105423230	03/22/1988	9224	0	S.C. Air National Guard Mcentire Fire Dept.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105423172	03/18/1988	9224	0	City Of Columbia, Lower Richland Sta Fd
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105423248	03/24/1988	9224	0	Eastover Vol. Fire Dept.

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1-6 ARRIVED AT A TWO STORY UNOCCUPIED BURNING HOUSE AND STARTED APPLYING WATER TO THE STRUCTURE. THEY OBSERVED A BARN ABOUT 400 YARDS AWAY SMOKING AND THEN BURNING. EMPLOYEES #1-6 STARTED APPLYING WATER TO THE FLAMES IN THE BARN. EMPLOYEE #7 ARRIVED AND ALSO BEGAN TO FIGHT THE BARN FIRE. EMPLOYEE #7 RETURNED TO THE AREA OF THE HOUSE AND BECAME ILL. EMPLOYEES #8-12 WERE ALSO IN THE AREA, BUT DID NOT COME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BARN. EMPLOYEES #4-6 LEFT THE SITE BUT WERE LATER NOTIFIED OF THE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND INSTRUCTED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEES #1-3 AND 7-12 WERE PULLED OFF THE FIRE WHEN THE UNKNOWN CHEMICALS BEGAN TO EXPLODE. EMPLOYEE #7 HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL FACILITY. ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE CHECKED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. THE CHEMICALS THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE EXPOSED TO WERE SUSPECTED TO BE 2,4-DICHLOROPHEN OXYACETIC ACID, TOXAPHENE, DOT, METHYL PARATHION, AND 2,4,5- TRICHLOROPHEN OXYACETIC ACID.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, RESPIRATORY, FIRE, INHALATION, EXPLOSION, TOXIC FUMES, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105423172	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
2	105423172	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
3	105423172	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
4	105423172	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	105423172	Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
6	105423230	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
7	105423230	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
8	105423230	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
9	105423172	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
10	105423248	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
11	105423248	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations
12	105423248	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Firefighting occupations

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