OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14461636
EMULEX CARIBE, INC.
DORADO, PR·
Event description
INTOXICATED BY ACRYLIC MONOMER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON OCTOBER 8, 1985, AN EMPLOYEE OF EMULEX CARIBE WAS CUTTI NG A METAL ACRYLIC SHEET. THE CUT SHEET EMANATED ACRYLIC MONOMERS, AFFECTING TEN EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA. THE WORKERS WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND EXAMINED BY A D OCTOR. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THA T THE EMPLOYER HAD FAILED TO PROVIDE THE EMPLOYEES WITH EVEN A MINIMUM OF PROTEC TION FROM THE RISKS OF HANDLING THE ACRYLIC MATERIALS.
Victims (10)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Hospitalized Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 33 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 23 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 37 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 683
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1653
- Task assigned
- 1
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