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EMPLOEYE'S DUTIES INVOLVED PICKING UP AND WEIGHING CRUSHER BUCKETS.DURING A BREAK HE BENT DOWN TO PET A DOG.
THE PITGTAIL ON THE VALVE OF A 2000# CHLORINE GAS CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN A LEAK EMPL INHALED CHLORINE GAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPROACHING AND THEN SHUTTING OFF THE CHOLRINE CYLINDER VALVE CHLORINE GAS MASKS WERE USED THESE WERE INADEQUATE THEN A SCOTT AIR PAK WAS USED
HE WAS ADJUSTIN1 CHLORINE FLOW IN CHLORINATOR. IF CHLORINE FLOW IS ADJUSTED TOO HIGH, THERE IS A RELEASE OF CHLORINE GASS INTO ATMOSPHERE AND GAS WAS INHALED BY EMPLOYEE.
I.NAME WAS ADJU8TING THE CHLORINATOR WHEN A VALVE LEAK DEVELOPED. HE WAS WEARING A CHLORINE MASK BUT BECAUSE OF AM IMPROPER SEAL OF THE MASK HE INHALED SOME CHLORINE GAS. HE LEFT THE AREA & W AS LATER SENT T2 THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS HELD FOR OBSERVATION FOR 2 NIGHTS.