OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14199889
BENNIGAN'S RESTAURANT
COLUMBIA, MD·
Event description
Waitress' respiratory tract burned by chlorine vapors
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was waiting tables and went to pick up a food order in the kitchen. A cook was cleaning saute pans in the kitchen when the waitress entered. The coo k was mixing two products--L/S/R liquid acidic descaler and Liqu-A-Klor laundry bleach. Employee #1 breathed the vapors and experienced dizziness and nausea. Sh e was transported to the hospital by ambulance and treated for a burned esophagu s. The employees had received no RTK training. The cook was unaware of the hazar ds of mixing the two cleaning products. No ppe was used.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 435
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0640
- Task assigned
- 1
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