OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217319
ASM AMERICA
PHOENIX, AZ—
Event description
CHEMICAL MIXTURE EXPLODED, INJURING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
A WORKER ATTEMPTED TO DEMONSTRATE FOR ANOTHER WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NITRIC ACID AND ZED FOR SIX DAYS. ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL ARE MIXED TOGETHER. THE WORKED HAD FINISHED HIS ASSIGNED TASK OF MAKING UP AN ACID DIP TANK. HE LEFT A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID IN ONE OF THE ONE GALLON GLASS BOTTLES. WITH THE OTHER EMPLOYEE PRESENT, HE ADDED A SMALL AMOUNT O F WATER AND ALCOHOL AND PUT THE CAP ON LOOSELY. THE REACTION PROCEEDED RAPIDLY A ND SOON BUILT UP ENOUGH GAS PRESSURE TO BURST THE BOTTLE. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED S UPERFICIAL CUTS AND ACID BURNS. ONE ARM BONE WAS CHIPPED. ONE ARM BONE WAS CHIPP ED. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED CUTS AND BURNS ALSO. HIS C AROTID ARTERY WAS CUT, REQUIRING HIM TO GET BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS. HE WAS HOSPITALI
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 2
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