OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259675
NEW ORLEANS STEVEDORING COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS, LA—
Event description
Ten employees exposed to chemical spill from punctured drum
Investigation abstract
A forklift driver was moving drums of toluene diisocyanate when he punctured one iver was exposed by handling the drum. All 10 employees were hospitalized. drum with his forklift blade. He removed the drum from the pallet and placed it where no more of the chemical would spill. He then took the pallet onto which t oluene diisocyanate had spilled to the ship, where it was placed in the ship's h old so that other drums could be removed from the pallet. Employees #1 through # 10 were exposed to the toluene diisocyanate in a variety of ways: Some were expo sed from contaminated pallet boards, liquid on the drum, and liquid released in the actual spill; clerks were exposed while attempting to identify the spilled m aterial; longshoremen were exposed to liquid from the drums; and the forklift dr
Victims (10)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2470
- Task assigned
- 1
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