Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 705145 - EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS

Accident Summary Nr: 705145 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 11/04/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18855122	11/06/1986	2869	0	Essex Industrial Chemicals, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #3, A CHEMICAL PLANT OPERATOR, ADDED EXCESSIVE ACID TO A SODIUM ISOPROPYL XANTHATE SOLUTION, RESULTING IN A RELEASE OF ABOUT 3 POUNDS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS OVERCOME BY THE GAS, WHILE THE 6 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED DURING THE RESCUE PROCEDURE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT INCLUDE: 1. INAPPROPRIATE REACTOR VESSEL PREPARATION (CRITICAL VALVES WERE IN THE WRONG POSTION), 2. OPERATOR FAILURE TO INSPECT VESSEL SETUP AND, 3. USE OF AN INAPPROPRIATE VESSEL (NO HYDROGEN SULFIDE SCRUBBER).

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, CHEMICAL REACTION, TOXIC FUMES, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
2	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
3	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
4	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
5	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
6	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported
7	18855122	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Occupation not reported

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