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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386031

VAPOR,VENTILATION,INHALATION,RUPTURE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,CREOSOTE,CHEMICAL VAPOR,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE

Event
VAPOR,VENTILATION,INHALATION,RUPTURE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,CREOSOTE,CHEMICAL VAPOR,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14386031
Report ID
521700

Event description

Thirteen employees inhale creosote vapors; two hospitalized

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 through #13 were in the vicinity when a forklift truck punctured a 55-gallon container of creosote, causing vapors to spread throughout the area. E mployees #1 and #2 were hospitalized; Employees #3 through #13 were treated and released. This accident proved to be neither a fatality nor a catastrophe as def ined by Section 8, viii-1 of the field operations manual.

Victims (18)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #13 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #14 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #15 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #16 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #17 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #2 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  11. #3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  12. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  13. #5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  14. #6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  15. #7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  16. #8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  17. #9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0760
    Task assigned
    1

  18. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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