Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 755074 - EMPLOYEE DIES FROM EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL PRODUCT FUMES

Accident Summary Nr: 755074 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 06/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108504333	07/09/1991	2911	0	Transwestern Pipeline
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108503335	07/09/1991	3443	0	Fabricators And Contractors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
836601	09/24/1987	1711	0	Sentinel Sprinkler

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A JOB FOREMAN FOR FABRICATORS AND CONTRACTORS, INC., A PRESSURE VESSEL REPAIR COMPANY. AT 7:30 A.M. ON JUNE 9, 1991, HE WAS MAGNAFLUXING THE WELDS OF A GAS DEHYDRATION VESSEL USING AN AEROSOLIZED 1-1-1-TRICHLOROETHANE PRODUCT. THE CHEMICAL ACUTELY POISONED HIM, CAUSING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND PULMONARY EDEMA. RESUSCITATION OF THE EMPLOYEE FAILED.

Keywords: TRICHLOROETHANE, TOXIC FUMES, POISONING, CHEMICAL, WORK RULES, HEART, PULMONARY EDEMA, CONFINED SPACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108504333			Occupation Not Listed
2	108503335	Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Supervisors, n.e.c.
3	836601			Occupation Not Listed

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