OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198980
ILBAU AMERICA INCORPORATED
SILVER SPRING, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED AFTER ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EXPOSURE
Investigation abstract
On December 5, 1985, Employee #1 was cleaning a water pump using a General Elect ric metal hanle lamp (mercury vapor lamp). Later that evening, the employee exhi bited symptoms of ultraviolet radiation exposure to his eyes and was hospitalize d. Employee #1 did not recall how high or how far he was from this light or if i ts glass envelope was cracked or broken. The employee also stated that the compa ny has discussed the hazards of these lights at toolbox meetings.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 19
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 37
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Hazardous substance
- 8370
- Task assigned
- 1
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