OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442974
FRONT END LOADER,SODIUM CYANIDE,INHALATION,COLLISION,POISONING,DUST INHALATION,OVEREXPOSURE,ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
Event description
Five employees exposed to sodium cyanide dust
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 1989, the operator of a front end loader ran into a barrel of sodium cyanide in a waste pile at a trash shredding plant. The impact caused sodium cyanide dust to be dispersed into the air. Two w orkers removed the barrel from the plant and the plant was evacuated. All person nel were decontaminated by emergency response teams; Employees #1 through #5 wer e sent to the hospital for evaluation.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0790
- Task assigned
- 1
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