OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385991
REACTOR,VENTILATION,PPE,WORK RULES,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,AIR CONTAMINATION,CHEMICAL VAPOR,POISONING,TOXIC FUMES
Event description
Employee dies of exposure to dimethyl sulfate
Investigation abstract
On May 28, 1985, Employee #1 entered a chemical reactor. He was exposed to dimet hyl sulfate and died. He was pulled out of the reactor by an employee of McCarti n and McCauliffe, a contractor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0960
- Task assigned
- 1
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