OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401491
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
IRVING, TX·
Event description
Employees become ill after exposure to unknown gas(es)
Investigation abstract
Between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on December 2, 1988, employees at the Allstate I lding. Between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., as the building was being evacuated, mor e people began to feel ill. Employees #2 through #10, along with many others, we re taken to local hospitals by ambulance or bus. Apparently, 65 employees were t aken to hospitals. However, only 10 of them were listed on injury lines on the o riginal form. nsurance Company building in Irving, Texas were exposed to an unknown gas or gas es. At approximately 8:00 a.m., a large diesel truck and a bobtail truck pulled up to the building's loading docks, which were located 50 ft or less below the f resh air intakes for the third-floor heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. At about 8:30 a.m., Employee #1 detected an odor on the third floor and began to feel nauseated and dizzy; she fainted within a few minutes. Soon after Employee #1 became ill, other employees on the third floor also began to feel si ck. The Fire Department arrived before 9:00 a.m. and started to evacuate the bui
Victims (10)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 65 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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