OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1004738
COLISEUM BUS DEPOT NYCTA
BRONX, NY·
Event description
Two employees exposed to chemical spill
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 a.m., Employee #2 was sent to help Employee #1 remove empt y 55-gallon drums. Partially full drums were being emptied in the outer yard of a bus depot. At approximately 9:30 a.m., the size of the chemical spill in the o uter yard was 70 feet wide by 200 feet long, and varied from 1 to 8 inches in de pth. By approximately 9:45 a.m., both Employees #1 and #2 were suffering from se vere headaches, nausea, and burning of the eyes. They left the spill site and re ported to their union vice-chairman who, in turn, informed the facility supervis or and called for an ambulance. Employees #1 and #2 were taken to the hospital a t approximately 10:30 a.m. and released at approximately 2:00 p.m.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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