OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377584

UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CONFINED SPACE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,PERCHLOROETHYLENE,SCBA,HOPPER,RESPIRATOR

1988-05-11T00:00:00

Event: UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CONFINED SPACE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,PERCHLOROETHYLENE,SCBA,HOPPER,RESPIRATOR
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14377584
Report ID: 521700

Event description

Employee hospitalized after inhaling perchloroethylene

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had been cleaning the insides of a hopper with a rag soaked in perch loroethylene when he was found unconscious. He had been wearing a dust mask, whi ch was the wrong type of respirator.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
999

Human factor
19

Environmental factor
18

Hazardous substance
2020

Task assigned
1

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