OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386684

ASPHYXIATED,GLUE,INHALATION,AIR CONTAMINATION,FAINTED,VOMIT

1987-03-13T00:00:00

Event: ASPHYXIATED,GLUE,INHALATION,AIR CONTAMINATION,FAINTED,VOMIT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14386684
Report ID: 521700

Event description

EMPLOYEES BECAME DIZZY OR LOST CONCIOUSNESS

Investigation abstract

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on March 13, 1987, 75 employees of the US Sample Comp mber 1 and 2. After that, Employee #9 collapsed at conveyor number 7. Following this occurrence Employee #1 collapsed at conveyor number 7 at 7:30 a.m. Once Emp loyee #1 had collapsed, the company president instructed all employees to leave the building. Employees evacuated to the street. Employee #3, the swatching supe rvisor, remained in the building to ensure complete evacuation and accounting of employees. At 8:30 a.m. she became dizzy and lost consciousness. In total, 5 em ployees collapsed, 39 had various symptoms and 19 were examined in emergency roo ms. any began their work shift which involved their usual practice of swatching and cutting and using number 931 glue. The work area was located in the basement of the plant. At 7:10 a.m. Employee #2 became nauseated and left her work station a t conveyor number 3 and went to the washroom where she regurgitated. She then re turned to her work station but her vision blurred and she collapsed between the conveyors and cutting machine number 3 at approximately 7:15 a.m. She was attend ed to by a group of five or six employees and supervisors. Paramedics were calle d by management. Shortly thereafter, Employee #10 collapsed between conveyors nu

Victims (20)

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#13 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#14 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#15 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#16 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#17 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#18 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#19 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#20 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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