OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252407
CONSTRUCTION,SEIZURE,DESCENDING
Event description
Employee comatose after seizure in stairwell
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 19, 1989, Employee #1 collapsed and went i nto epileptic seizures while descending stairs to the second level of a purified acid plant that was under construction. First aid was administered by both JE M erit employees and the Texas Gulf plant nurse. Employee #1 was transported to th e Aurora Medical Center and then to the Craven Regional Medical Center, where he spent three days in a coma in the Intensive Care Unit. No other employees were affected, no employees reported smelling any chemical vapors, and no leaks or re leases of ammonia or sulfur dioxide were known to have occurred.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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