OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14339295
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP
CANTON, NC—
Event description
EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO CHLORINE GAS FROM RUPTURED LINE
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 8, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:40 PM, A CHLORINE GAS LINE WHICH HAD BROK EN LOOSE FROM ITS SUPPORTS WAS HANGING ABOUT TWO FEET BELOW ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE LINE WAS STRUCK AND RUPTURED BY A RAILROAD TANK CAR WHICH WAS BEING MOVED. CHLORINE GAS WAS ALLOWED TO ESCAPE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MINUTES BEFORE AN EMPLOYEE WITH A GAS MASK TURNED THE VALVE OFF. EMPLOYEES #1-5 WERE EXPOSED T O THE CHLORINE GAS AND WERE HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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