OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454698
VILLAGE INN PANCAKE HOUSE
IOWA CITY, IA·
Event description
Employee dies of methyl bromide poisoning
Investigation abstract
Sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on October 6, 1988, Employee #1 re-ente red a restaurant that had been fumigated with Meth-O-Gas (100 percent methyl bro mide) on the evening of October 5. When Employees #2 through #5 entered the rest aurant at about 5:00 a.m. they found Employee #1 dead in the men's restroom. Emp loyees #2 through #5 were taken to the hospital for tests and observation, quest ioned by police, and released. It is assumed, but not confirmed, that Employee # 1 died of methyl bromide poisoning.
Victims (6)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 18 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1680
- Task assigned
- 1
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