Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200623726 - Four Employees Are Exposed To Hydrogen Fluoride Gas
Accident: 200623726 -- Report ID: 0454721 -- Event Date: 03/06/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309921831 | 03/07/2006 | 1799 | Jv Industrial Companies Ltd | ||||
On March 6, 2006, four employees from Atlantic Scaffolding and four employees from JV Industrial were working at a refinery during a scheduled maintenance shutdown. All eight employees inhaled hydrogen fluoride gas, due to a release. All eight were hospitalized. This incident report identifies injuries to four employees. Refer to Accident Number 200623718 for additional injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
lung, maintenance, hydrogen fluoride, welder, inhalation, lockout, steel erection, chemical vapor, refinery
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Refinery | Maintenance or repair | $20,000,000 and over | 3 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 309921831 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Surveying FatCause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |
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2 | 309921831 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Welders and cutters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Plumbing-Up FatCause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |
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3 | 309921831 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Protective service occupations, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Surveying FatCause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |
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4 | 309921831 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Protective service occupations, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Plumbing-Up FatCause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |