OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375513
MAINSTREET DEPARTMENT STORES
COLUMBUS, OH·
Event description
EIGHT EMPLOYEES HOSPITALIZED FROM AIR CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE
Investigation abstract
On August 17, 1988 eight employees of Mainstreet Department Stores were taken to the hospital due to difficulty in breathing, itchy and swelling eyes, and some rashes on arms and legs resulting from systemic poisoning due to air contaminant s. Monitoring results did not detect any overexposures to methyl bromide.
Victims (8)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
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