OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478119
RESPIRATORY,CONFINED SPACE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,INHALATION,DEGREASER,TOXIC FUMES,TRICHLORETHYLENE,RESPIRATOR
Event description
EXPOSED TO TRICHLORETHYLENE IN VAPOR DEGREASER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING A VAPOR DEGREASER WHICH WAS 8 FEET LONG AT THE TOP, 6 F EET, 2 INCHES LONG AT THE BOTTOM, 41 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND 41 1/2 INCHES TALL. THE DEGREASER WAS MADE BY BY SIREM OF ITALY, MODEL SL-1, SN SB-124185. EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE TANK WITHOUT USING ANY KIND OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION. THE OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR CLEANING THE DEGREASER DID NOT CONTAIN ANY PROCEDURES FOR THE SAF E ENTRY OF CONFINED SPACES. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS EXPOSURE TO TRICHLO RETHYLENE AND 1, 1, 1 TRICHLOROETHANE (PROBABLE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION).
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 16
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1720
- Task assigned
- 1
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