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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14306310

OFFICE AREA,WORK STATION,INSECTICIDE,OVEREXPOSURE

Event
OFFICE AREA,WORK STATION,INSECTICIDE,OVEREXPOSURE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14306310
Report ID
213900

Event description

PESTICIDE SPRAYING IN OFFICE AREA

Investigation abstract

THIS INCIDENT AROSE FROM THE SPRAYING OF INSECTICIDE DURSTAN 1.0. BY AN OUTSIDE PLOYEE #1 COLLAPSED AT HER WORK STATION IN A RECENTLY SPRAYED AREA AND WENT INTO CONVULSIONS. SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES BECAME NAUSEOUS, COMPLAINING OF HEADACHES, STOMACH PAIN AND FAINTNESS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 4 DAYS. ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT BUT WERE RELEASED. CONTRACTOR IN THE GENERAL AREA WHERE WESTEN UNION TELEGRAM OPERATORS RECEIVED CA LLS. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 P.M. ON 8/14/84, THE ROOMS TO BE TREATED BY THE EXTER MINATOR WERE EVACUATED. FROM 6:30 P.M. TO APPROXIMATELY 7:45 P.M. THE EXTERMINAT OR APPLIED PESTICIDE TO THE RUGS IN THE EVACUATED ROOMS. THE EXTERMINATOR RECOMM ENDED THAT THE ROOMS REMAIN EVACUATED FOR 2 HOURS AFTER BEING TREATED. AT APPROX IMATELY 7:45 P.M. WESTERN UNION HAD THE OPERATORS RETURN TO WORK IN THE ROOMS TH AT HAD BEEN SPRAYED. APPARENTLY ONLY 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES HAD ELASPED FROM THE TIME OF SPRAYING TO THE RETURN OF EMPLOYEES TO THE SPRAYED AREA. AT 7:50 P.M. EM

Victims (17)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #10 Hospitalized Age 23 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #11 Hospitalized Age 32 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #12 Hospitalized Age 41 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #13 Hospitalized Age 55 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #14 Hospitalized Age 56 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #15 Hospitalized Age 29 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #16 Hospitalized Age 28 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #17 Hospitalized Age 30 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #2 Hospitalized Age 31 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  11. #3 Hospitalized Age 28 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  12. #4 Hospitalized Age 24 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  13. #5 Hospitalized Age 35 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  14. #6 Hospitalized Age 43 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  15. #7 Hospitalized Age 32 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  16. #8 Hospitalized Age 32 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

  17. #9 Hospitalized Age 44 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    45
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0681
    Task assigned
    1

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