OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539738
BALCRON OIL COMPANY
CONRAD, MT—
Event description
HYDROGEN SULFIDE POISONING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE INSTALLING AN AUXILIARY OIL FLOW LINE IN AN OIL FIELD T REATER WHEN THEY DID SOMETHING WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN LINE TO RUPTURE, RELEASING OIL, WATER, AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE INTO THE CONFINED AREA OF THE TREATER HOUSE. BO TH EMPLOYEE #1 AND EMPLOYEE #2 DIED AS A RESULT OF ASPHYXIATION. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS INJURED DURING THE RESCUE ATTEMPT. PREVIOUSLY, THE COMPANY HAD TAKEN NO HYDROGE N SULFIDE PRECAUTIONS -- NO TRAINING, NO MONITORING, AND NO RESPIRATORY PROTECTI ON.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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