OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198956
CHEST,RESPIRATORY,LUNG,DUST,CONSTRUCTION,INHALATION,NOSE,CHROME,RESPIRATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO CHROMATE DUST
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HELPED IN THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF AN EVAPORATOR USED IN THE M ANUFACTURE OF SODIUM BICHROMATE. HE WAS PROVIDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR, A HA LF-FACE DUST RESPIRATOR. FROM TWO DAYS' EXPOSURE THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CHROME SO RES ON HIS SHOULDER, CHEST, AND FACE, AN ULCERATED NASAL CAVITY, AND LUNG DAMAGE . THE EMPLOYER PROVIDED NO TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS TO WHAT HE WOULD BE EXPOSED TO OR WHY THE RESPIRATOR WAS PROVIDED. THE EMPLOYER HAD NO RESPIRATOR FIT TESTI NG PROGRAM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 8
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0686
- Task assigned
- 2
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