OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204465
ALL AMERICAN PLATING SERVICE INC DBA
EUGENE, OR—
Event description
EXPOSED TO TOXIC FUMES FROM CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ACCIDENTALLY ADDED 55 GALLONS OF CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACID (93%) TO CTIVE EQUIPMENT AND THE FAILURE TO READ THE LABEL ON THE CHEMICAL CONTAINER. 30 GALLONS OF DILUTE HYDROCHLORIC ACID (31%) IN AN OUTDOOR STRIPPING TANK. A VI OLENT REACTION ENSUED, CAUSING THE RELEASE OF TOXIC GASES. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN TRIE D TO STABILIZE THE SITUATION BY ADDING WATER TO THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS FIVE F EET FROM THE TANK, EMPLOYEE #2, 75 FEET AND EMPLOYEE #7, 50 FEET. EMPLOYEES #4, 6, 8 AND 9 TRIED TO NEUTRALIZE THE ACID BY THE ADDITION OF SODA ASH (400 POUNDS) . THIS RESULTED IN A SECOND RELEASE OF GASES. THE EMPLOYEES SUFFERED PULMONARY I RRITATION AND VIOLENT COUGHING. THE CAUSAL FACTORS WERE: A LACK OF TRAINING IN H ANDLING CHEMICALS, THE FAILURE TO USE ACID PUMPS, FAILURE TO WEAR PERSONAL PROTE
Victims (9)
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2310
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.