OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449748
RESPIRATORY,VAPOR,VENTILATION,WORK RULES,INHALATION,CHEMICAL VAPOR,KIDNEY,BRAIN,BOAT,CHEMICAL
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED FROM INHALATION OF VAPORS FROM ADHESIVE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO REPLACE CARPETING ON THE FLOOR OF A 17 FOOT FIBERGLA O THE GLUING TASK AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15. AT 12:45 ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE AREA LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEE #1. HE DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1, SO HE WENT OUTSIDE TO LOOK FOR HIM. AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON SITE AND JOINED IN THE SEARCH. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED LYING FACE DOWN IN T HE BOAT. HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOAT AND CPR WAS ADMINISTERED UNTIL AMBULANCE A TTENDENTS ARRIVED. THEY TOOK OVER CPR AND TRANSPORTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE HOSPITA L. THE AUTOPSY REPORT REVEALED ACUTE, HEMORGHAGIC TRACHEOBRONCHITIS, CONGESTION OF THE KIDNEYS, EDEMA OF THE BRAIN AND GALL BLADDER, AN ATROPHIC THYMUS, ENLARGE D LYMPH NODES AND MILD DILATION OF ALL HEART CHAMBERS. SS BOAT. THE BOAT WAS LOCATED IN A REPAIR GARAGE HAVING A FLOOR AREA OF 28 BY 30 FEET AND A 10 FOOT CEILING. NO VENTILATION WAS PROVIDED EXCEPT FOR A COMMON HOU SEHOLD FAN USED TO BLOW HEATED AIR FROM AN ADJACENT ROOM 25 FEET AWAY. THE EXTER IOR GARAGE DOORS WERE CLOSED. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN REMOVAL OF THE OLD CARPETING AT ABOUT 10:45 AND THEN BEGAN APPLICATION OF LESS THAN 1 QUART OF "WELDWOOD CONTACT CEMENT - NON-FLAMMABLE FORMULA". HE WORKED ALONE IN THE ROOM. AT 11:45 HE LEFT THE AREA BECAUSE HE HAD USED UP THE ADHESIVE. HE WENT TO A LOCAL STORE AND PURCH ASED A 1 PINT CAN OF "WELDWOOD CONTACT CEMENT - ORIGINAL FORMULA" AND RETURNED T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 2
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