OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522510
CONFINED SPACE,CLEANING,INHALATION,TRAILER TRUCK,TRUCK,CLEANING FLUID,TOXIC FUMES,TRAILER
Event description
PROBABLE INHALATION OF FUMES IN A CONFINED SPACE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE TRAILER OF A TRUCK IN ORDER TO CLEAN IT. AN ORGANIC SOLV ENT, A SOAP, AND AN ACID CLEANER WERE BROUGHT IN BY EMPLOYEE #1 IN BUCKETS TO WA SH THE FLOORS AND WALLS OF THE TRAILER. A HALF HOUR LATER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND BY A CO-WORKER ON THE FLOOR OF THE TRAILER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 1
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