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Accident: 734624 - Employees Burned When Phosphorous Was Splashed On Them

Accident: 734624 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/12/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10207468912/13/19852869Albright & Wilson, Inc.
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REPLACING A FLANGE AND A VALVE IN THE P4 STORAGE TANK AREA. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS WEARING A NOMEX SUIT BUT EMPLOYEE #2 WAS NOT WEARING ANY TYPE OF PPE. THE PLAN WAS FOR EMPLOYEE #2 TO DO THE ACTUAL WORK WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 STOOD BY WITH A HALF INCH WATER HOSE IN CASE ANY PROBLEMS DEVELOPED. A NIPPLE CONNECTION ON THE LINE BEHIND EMPLOYEE #1 SUDDENLY RUPTURED, SPRAYING THE AREA WITH PHOSPHOROUS. THE NIPPLE WAS 3 INCHES LONG. EMPLOYEES #3 AND #4, WERE ALSO IN THE AREA AND WERE SPRAYED WITH PHOSPHOROUS. SINCE PHOSPHOROUS IGNITES WHEN IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH AIR, THE SPRAYED EMPLOYEES SUFFERED MINOR BURNS. EMPLOYEE #3 ALSO SUFFERED A CUT ON HIS ELBOW AS HE WAS SCRAMBLING TO GET AWAY FROM THE SPRAYING PHOSPHOROUS.
Keywords: burn, maintenance, fire, phosphorous, rupture, laceration, high pressure, pipe, elbow
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 102074689 Non Hospitalized injury Burn(Chemical) Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
2 102074689 Non Hospitalized injury Burn(Chemical) Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
3 102074689 Non Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Miscellaneous plant and system operators
4 102074689 Non Hospitalized injury Burn(Chemical) Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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