OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502579
SEWER,VAPOR,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INHALATION,CHEMICAL VAPOR,POISONING,TOXIC FUMES,GASOLINE,OVEREXPOSURE,CHEMICAL
Event description
Three hospitalized for inhalation of gasoline vapors
Investigation abstract
On or about March 22, 1984, employees were draining gasoline from an automobile gas tank into the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. sanitary sewer line located on the sou th side of the Sears garage in Topeka, KS. The gasoline drained into the sanitar y sewer line that serviced other buildings, and gasoline vapors infiltrated the floor drains and commodes in three buildings. Approximately 60 employees in the buildings were exposed to a potentially explosive atmosphere and were evacuated because of the gasoline vapors. Employees #1 through #3, who were working in the American States Insurance Co. office in one of the three buildings, were hospit alized for treatment of gasoline vapor inhalation.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1957
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 42 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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