OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421598
OVEREXPOSURE,CHEMICAL,RESPIRATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a production line worker, placed an aluminum glue gun into Zip safe ty solution, methyl chloroform, which did not have an aluminum reaction inhibito r. The gun soaked over the weekend and disintegrated in solvent giving off high vapors. The vapors filled the production floor. Victim worked in vapors near the source for one hour. Employee #1 subsequently developed an uncontrollable cough and began to cough blood. Employee #1 was sent to the hospital. The rest of the production floor was evacuated and the area was ventilated. The solvent and glu e gun were removed from the area.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
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