Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200011542 - Employee Inhales Chlorine Gas When Hose Ruptures

Accident Summary Nr: 200011542 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 08/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109528224	08/14/2002	2899	0	Dpc Enterprises

Abstract: On August 14, 2002, Employee #1 was working in the vicinity of a railcar filled with 113,000 lb of chlorine, which was being off-loaded at a facility. There was approximately 80,000 lb of chlorine left in the railcar when one of the liquid line off-loading hoses ruptured. That resulted in an uncontrolled leak and release of an undetermined amount of chlorine gas to the environment. Employee #1 was exposed to the chlorine gas and suffered from asphyxia.

Keywords: LEAK, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, INHALATION, HOSE, RUPTURE, CHLORINE, OFF LOADING, CHEMICAL VAPOR, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109528224			Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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