Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302418553 - Howard Lisk Trucking Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 302418553

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 03/10/1999

Site Address:
Howard Lisk Trucking Inc.
500 Cherry Road
Clemson, SC 29631

Mailing Address:
Rt. 1, Box 166, Wadesboro, NC 28170

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4213

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 03/24/1999

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/31/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362626640

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200370393

Event: 02/01/1999

Two employees exposed to chlorine gas

Employees #1 and #2 worked at the wastewater treatment facility of a textile finishing plant. They were helping a tanker truck driver unload a shipment of sodium hypochlorite that had been misidentified as ferric chloride by plant security personnel. The security person relayed the mistaken product identity to the wastewater plan manager who passed on the information verbally Employees #1 and #2. They told the truck driver to connect the truck delivery hose to the ferric chloride tank and to begin pumping. As the sodium hypochlorite entered the storage tank, the chemical reaction of the mixture began to release chlorine gas into the atmosphere. Employees #1 and #2 were nearly overcome, but they managed to run away from the vapors.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, INHALATION, CHLORINE, AIR CONTAMINATION, OFF LOADING, CAUSTIC, SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, CHEMICAL REACTION, RESPIRATORY TRACT, CHEMICAL VAPOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302418553			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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