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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198956

CHEST,RESPIRATORY,LUNG,DUST,CONSTRUCTION,INHALATION,NOSE,CHROME,RESPIRATOR

Event
CHEST,RESPIRATORY,LUNG,DUST,CONSTRUCTION,INHALATION,NOSE,CHROME,RESPIRATOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14198956
Report ID
352450

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

  1. #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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