Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 820662 - Forty-three employees inhale chlorine vapors

Accident Summary Nr: 820662 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 03/31/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109670638	04/03/1995	0723	0	D & S Farms

Abstract: On March 31, 1995, a packing house supervisor was outside pumping liquid sodium hypochlorite from drums into a storage tank and accidentally pumped some into the adjacent phosphoric acid tank. This created a cloud of chlorine or acid gas that drifted into the packing area where employees were working. Employees #1 through #43 inhaled the chlorine vapors. Employees #1 through #8 required hospitalization.

Keywords: SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, GAS, PHOSPHORIC ACID, CHLORINE, CHEMICAL REACTION, TOXIC FUMES, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
2	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
3	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
4	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
5	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
6	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
7	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
8	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
9	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
10	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
11	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
12	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
13	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
14	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
15	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
16	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
17	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
18	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
19	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
20	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
21	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
22	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
23	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
24	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
25	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
26	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
27	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
28	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
29	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
30	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
31	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
32	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
33	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported
34	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
35	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
36	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
37	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
38	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
39	109670638	Non Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Occupation not reported
40	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
41	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
42	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Supervisors, related agricultural occupations
43	109670638	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Graders and sorters, agricultural products

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