OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332357
U. S. ARMY INFANTRY CENTER
FT. BENNING, GA—
Event description
CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 10, 1985, ABOUT 250 GALLONS OF SODIUM CHLORITE WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUMPED I NTO A STORAGE TANK CONTAINING 6000 GALLONS OF ALUMINUM SULFATE. AT ABOUT 11:20 A M, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ADDING A SMALL AMOUNT OF SODUIM CARBONATE TO THIS MIXTURE WHE N THE TANK EXPLODED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BLOWN APART BY THE EXPLOSION AND KILLED INS TANTLY. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE CHEMICAL BURNS ON HIS HEAD AND B ACK, AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. EMPLOYEES #3 AND #4 SUFFERED PUNCTURED EAR DRUMS.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 47
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 14
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 47
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
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