OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458095
FROSTBURG STATE COLLEGE
FROSTBURG, MD·
Event description
INHALATION OF WASTE CHEMICAL VAPORS
Investigation abstract
SIX EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TESTING AND THEN RELEASED AFTER A G ALLON BOTTLE OF WASTE CHEMICALS WAS SPILLED ACCIDENTALLY ONTO THE FLOOR. FIVE OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE HOUSEKEEPING AND MAINTENANCE WORKERS; ONE WAS A PROFESSOR. O NLY ONE EMPLOYEE FROM HOUSEKEEPING WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE CLEANUP. ALL EMP LOYEE COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE INHALATION OF VAPORS AND TOXICITY OF THE CHEMICA L WASTE.
Victims (6)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 115
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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