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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382006

HEADACHE,OVERLOADED,INHALATION,NAUSEA,DIZZINESS,SMOKE,INCINERATOR

Event
HEADACHE,OVERLOADED,INHALATION,NAUSEA,DIZZINESS,SMOKE,INCINERATOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14382006
Report ID
521400

Event description

SMOKE INHALATION FROM INCINERATOR

Investigation abstract

ON AUGUST 29, 1985, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCED HEADACHES, DIZZINESS AND UPSET ONAL ENGINEERING CONTROLS. STOMACHS FROM INHALING SMOKE FROM AN INCINERATOR. THIRTEEN EMPLOYEES WERE SENT TO THE MEDICAL CLINIC FOR OBSERVATION, OXYGEN AND X-RAY. ALL EMPLOYEES EXCEPT ON E WERE RELEASED. THE INCINERATOR, USED FOR THE BURNING OF PAPER WASTE AND WOOD, WAS OVERLOADED. SMOKE BECAME HEAVY. THE EMPLOYEES WHO BECAME ILL WORKED IN AN AD JACENT AREA. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SUPERVISORS AND EMPLOYEES WHO OPERATE TH E INCINERATOR WERE NOT FOLLOWING, AND HAD NOT BEEN TRAINED IN, THE ESTABLISHED O PERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE INCINERATOR. A WILLFUL SECTION 5 (A)(1) CITATION WAS ISSUED. ABATEMENT CAN CONSIST OF TRAINING TO ASSURE PROPER OPERATION, OR ADDITI

Victims (10)

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

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