Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170606495 - Employees Exposed To Ethylene Oxide During Tank Change
Accident: 170606495 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/10/1994 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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120047253 | 01/14/1994 | 8062 | Century City Hospital | ||||
On Monday evening, January 10, 1994, an ethylene oxide leak occurred on the P-1 level of Century City Hospital in the Central Services Area. This occurred after Employee #3 (engineering staff) changed the ethylene oxide tank. Investigation showed that Employee #3 did not close the bleedoff valve during the tank change. The leak continued undetected for about 20 minutes, until Employee #1 (Central Services Employee) saw the visual alarm on the ethylene oxide monitoring equipment and told Employee #2 (Central Services Employee) to evacuate the area. Employee #2 went to the tank area and closed the bleedoff valve. | |||||||
Keywords:
leak, ethylene oxide, work rules, alarm, valve, tank
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 120047253 | Non Hospitalized injury | Cancer | Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. | |||
2 | 120047253 | Non Hospitalized injury | Cancer | Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. | |||
3 | 120047253 | Non Hospitalized injury | Cancer | Mechanical engineering technicians |