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Accident Summary Nr: 783886 - Employees suffer skin and eye irritation from sulfur dioxide

Accident Summary Nr: 783886 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 09/12/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115950826	09/17/1991	9229	0	Louisville Emergency Medical Service
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115950818	09/12/1991	3211	0	H G P Indstires Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 p.m. on September 10, 1991, three employees arrived to perform maintenance on a furnace equipped with a 150 lb compressed gas cylinder of sulfur dioxide. A shipping crew of nine employees was working at the opposite end of the plant, 300 ft away. Heat from the furnace caused the fusible safety device in the cylinder valve to melt and release approximately 15 lb of sodium dioxide. The three employees attempted to stop the release. When their attempts failed, they transported the cylinder outside, passing by the shipping crew employees. The Louisville Fire Department arrived and capped the cylinder. One maintenance employee and seven shipping crew employees were taken to the hospital. They were treated for pulmonary and skin and eye irritation caused by the sulfur dioxide fumes.

Keywords: CYLINDER, SULFUR DIOXIDE, VALVE, TOXIC FUMES, EYE, MAINTENANCE, GAS, SKIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115950826			Occupation Not Listed
2	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
3	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
4	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
5	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
6	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
7	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
8	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
9	115950818	Hospitalized injury	Other	Furnace, kiln and oven operators

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