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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14475958

EYE,THROAT,STANDPIPE,FIRE,INHALATION,NAUSEA,SCBA,SMOKE,FIRE BRIGADE

Event
EYE,THROAT,STANDPIPE,FIRE,INHALATION,NAUSEA,SCBA,SMOKE,FIRE BRIGADE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14475958
Report ID
522000

Event description

SMOKE INHALATION

Investigation abstract

ON APRIL 18, 1984, AT 7:30 PM, A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN AN INDOOR DUMPSTER. EMPL 7:40 - 7:45 PM.) THEY WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ALL BUT ONE WAS T REATED WITH OXYGEN AND RELEASED AFTER TESTS. OYEES AT FIRST ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE SM OKE AND FUMES WERE TOO IRRITATING, SO SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING RESPIRATORS WERE USED, ALONG WITH A STANDPIPE HOSE MANNED BY FIRE BRIDADE MEMBERS. THE AREA WAS N ORMALLY VACANT AND CONTAINED DRUMS OF SOLVENT, OIL, AND LUBRICANT WHICH EMPLOYEE S OCCASIONALLY RETRIEVED. THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED DURING ONE SUCH RETRIEVAL. OF THE EIGHT HOSPITALIZED WORKERS FROM THE SHOP, ONLY ONE HAD INITIALLY TRIED TO FI GHT THE FIRE. THE OTHER SEVEN SUFFERED NAUSEA AND EYE AND/OR THROAT IRRITATION A FTER RETURNING TO THEIR WORK STATIONS AT 9 PM. (THEY HAD EVACUATED THE PLANT AT

Victims (8)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    2

  8. #8 Hospitalized Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    16
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    1

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