OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300685
U S ELEVATOR CORP
HONOLULU, HI·
Event description
ASPHYXIATED BY CLEANING SOLVENT VAPORS IN ELEVATOR PIT
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 7, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT DOWN INTO THE PIT OF A WESTINGHOUSE HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR, LOCATED AT THE HALE HO ALOHA, AN INTERMED IATE CARE FACILITY, TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL. HE USED A CLEANING SOLVENT CONTAIN ING 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN IN THE PIT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES (ACCORDING TO A COWORKER), WITH THE HOISTWAY DOORS CLOSED, WHEN HE WAS DISCOVERE D TO BE IN RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC DISTRESS BY A FELLOW WORKER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 543
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1720
- Task assigned
- 1
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