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Accident: 200373413 - Six Employees Are Killed By Chlorine Gas From Railroad Car

Accident: 200373413 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 01/06/2005
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30823308901/19/20052211Avondale Mill, Inc.
On January 6, 2005, Employees #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6, while working at the work stations, died from exposure to chlorine gas from a ruptured railroad tank car, which was damaged from a train derailment on a rail line near the work site.
Keywords: burn, lung, vapor, railroad car, inhalation, gas, chlorine, railroad, chemical
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 308233089 Fatality Burn(Chemical) Miscellaneous textile machine operators
2 308233089 Fatality Burn(Chemical) Miscellaneous textile machine operators
3 308233089 Fatality Burn(Chemical) Miscellaneous textile machine operators
4 308233089 Fatality Burn(Chemical) Miscellaneous textile machine operators
5 308233089 Fatality Burn(Chemical) Miscellaneous textile machine operators
6 308233089 Fatality Burn(Chemical) Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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