OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1003276
FIREFIGHTER,HEADACHE,WORK RULES,INHALATION,NATURAL GAS,GAS LEAK,CHEMICAL VAPOR,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE,VOMIT
Event description
Fire fighters and sanitation workers exposed to methane
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on February 25, 1986, methane gas leaked from a weath er plant located across the woods from a sanitation garage. Employees #1 through #3, all volunteer fire fighters, suffered from headaches, vomiting, and nausea, and many complained of chest pains. The sanitation workers also experienced cho king and irritation. The garbage trucks were moved.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1480
- Task assigned
- 1
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