Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111454294 - Weyerhaeuser Paper Company

Inspection Information - Office: Dosh Everett Service Location, Everett, Wa

Inspection Nr: 111454294

Report ID: 1055310

Date Opened: 10/23/1991

Site Address:
Weyerhaeuser Paper Company
101 East Marine View Drive
Everett, WA 98201

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2421

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/10/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/15/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361032915

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	6			1		7
Current Violations	5			1		6
Initial Penalty	$3,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,600
Current Penalty	$2,400	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,400
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	0790014003 D	01/27/1992	04/28/1992	$600	$600	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
2.	01002A	Serious	0241100503 A	01/27/1992	03/29/1992	$600	$600	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01002B	Serious	0241100702 B	01/27/1992	03/29/1992	$0	$0	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
4.	01002C	Serious	0241100701	01/27/1992	03/29/1992	$0	$0	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision	Citation has been deleted.
5.	01002D	Serious	0241101505 B	01/27/1992	03/29/1992	$0	$0	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
6.	01002E	Serious	0241101703 B 04	01/27/1992	03/29/1992	$0	$0	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
7.	01002F	Serious	0241101702 A	01/27/1992	03/29/1992	$0	$0	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
8.	01003	Serious	0240007302	01/27/1992	04/28/1992	$600	$600	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
9.	01004	Serious	0240007302	01/27/1992	04/28/1992	$600	$600	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision	Citation has been deleted.
10.	01005	Serious	0240007304 A	01/27/1992	04/28/1992	$600	$600	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
11.	01006	Serious	0241100702 C	01/27/1992	01/10/1992	$600	$600	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision
12.	02001	Other	0620013002 A	01/27/1992	02/08/1992	$0	$0	$0	02/04/1992	Y - State Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170239891

Event: 10/23/1991

Five employees suffer chlorine inhalation

Employee #1, of Weyerhaeuser, was at the chip dump northwest of the bleach plant, dumping a chip truck. He smelled chlorine and alerted the truck driver, then flagged down another chip truck and warned the driver of a possible chlorine leak. Employee #1 then went into the chip dump office to call his supervisor. He did not activate the manual chlorine leak alarm. He picked up two escape respirators, one for the truck driver who had just driven in (the first driver had left already) and one for himself. Employee #1 told the truck driver to turn around and leave. He got in his own truck and followed that driver of the chip truck. While driving past the bleach plant, they drove right through the chlorine gas cloud, which had been emitted from a 4 percent caustic tank at ground level outside the north side of the bleach plant. Both employees, as well as the first truck driver that Employee #1 had warned, were exposed to and inhaled chlorine gas. Employees #1, #2, and #3 were hospitalized. Employees #4 and #5 were exposed, but did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: LEAK, ALARM, CHLORINE, TANK, WORK RULES, INHALATION, OVEREXPOSURE, TRUCK DRIVER, CAUSTIC, GAS

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111454294			Hospitalized injury	Other	Production samplers and weighers
2	111454294			Hospitalized injury	Other	Production samplers and weighers

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