OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480644
FURNACE,RESPIRATORY,INHALATION,TOXIC FUMES
Event description
EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO TOXIC FUMES FROM HOT FLUOROCARBON
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:25 PM ON JANUARY 21, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 OBSERVED FUMES COMING AROUND THE DOOR OF A SMALL FURNACE. HE OPENED THE DOOR AND WAS DRIVEN BACK BY TH E CHOKING FUMES. EMPLOYEE #6 OBSERVED THE EVENT AND TOOK A LARGE BREATH OF FRESH AIR AS HE ENTERED THE ROOM. HE GRABBED THE SMALL PYREX DISH CONTAINING THE FUMI NG LIQUID, USING AN INSULATED GLOVE, AND THREW IT OUT THE DOOR INTO A SNOW DRIFT . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. THE OTHER 5 EM PLOYEES WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. THERE WERE NO APPARENT RESIDUAL ILL EFFECTS F ROM THIS EXPOSURE.
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 F
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
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