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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491609

INHALATION,NAUSEA,CHEMICAL REACTION,SMOKE,SKIN,CHEMICAL,COUGH,INATTENTION,VOMIT

Event
INHALATION,NAUSEA,CHEMICAL REACTION,SMOKE,SKIN,CHEMICAL,COUGH,INATTENTION,VOMIT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14491609
Report ID
214500

Event description

26 HOSPITALIZED DUE TO INHALATION OF EPOXY ADHESIVE SMOKE

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM ON DECEMBER 3, 1987, AN EMPLOYEE LEFT A 12 OUNCE CAN OF EP OXY ADHESIVE (ABLEBOND 789-3) ON A TIMED CONVEYOR THAT LED TO A CURING OVEN. THE EMPLOYEE HAD INTENDED TO REMOVE THE CAN BEFORE THE CONVEYOR COULD MOVE. THE CON VEYOR ADVANCED, CARRYING THE CAN INTO THE OVEN. THE ADHESIVE POLYMERIZED IN AN E XOTHERMIC REACTION AND RELEASED WHITE SMOKE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. TWO EMPLOYEES R EMOVED THE CAN TO THE OUTDOORS AND SUPRESSED THE SMOKE BY SUBMERGING THE CAN IN WATER. 26 PERSONS WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. MOST WERE RELEASED THE FOLLOWIN G DAY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDED TIGHTNESS OF THE CHEST AND COUGHING. SOME HAD DELAYED S YMPTOMS OF NAUSEA, VOMITING AND SKIN RASH.

Victims (26)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 60 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #10 Hospitalized Age 51 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #11 Hospitalized Age 33 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #12 Hospitalized Age 22 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #13 Hospitalized Age 53 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #14 Hospitalized Age 39 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #15 Hospitalized Age 39 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #16 Hospitalized Age 33 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #17 Hospitalized Age 24 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #18 Hospitalized Age 40 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  11. #19 Hospitalized Age 59 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  12. #2 Hospitalized Age 35 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  13. #20 Hospitalized Age 56 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  14. #21 Hospitalized Age 54 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  15. #22 Hospitalized Age 56 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  16. #23 Hospitalized Age 50 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  17. #24 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  18. #25 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  19. #26 Hospitalized Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  20. #3 Hospitalized Age 52 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  21. #4 Hospitalized Age 39 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  22. #5 Hospitalized Age 32 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  23. #6 Hospitalized Age 24 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  24. #7 Hospitalized Age 39 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  25. #8 Hospitalized Age 26 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

  26. #9 Hospitalized Age 56 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    9
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0645
    Task assigned
    1

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