OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250641
RESPIRATORY,KILN,HEADACHE,INHALATION,NAUSEA,DIZZINESS
Event description
EMPLOYEES BECAME ILL FROM UNKNOWN AIR CONTAMINANT
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 18, 1986, THREE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE WORKING IN AN AREA ADJACENT TO A KIL N ROOM BECAME ILL WITH SYMPTOMS OF HEADACHE, DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA. THE KILNS WER E BEING USED TO BAKE INDUSTRIAL CERAMICS. THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO A HO SPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. POTENTIAL CONTAMINA NTS GENERATED FROM THE CERAMICS BEING HEATED IN THE ELECTRIC KILNS WERE FORMALDE HYDE AND OCROLEIN. AIR SAMPLING DID NOT INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF EITHER SUBSTANC E. NO OTHER CAUSE OF THE ILLNESSES COULD BE DETERMINED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1290
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1290
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1290
- Task assigned
- 1
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