OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548374

ALASKA, STATE OF MILITARY/VET. AFFAIRS AKANG

ANCHORAGE, AK· 1987-01-21T00:00:00

Event: RESPIRATORY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, MEK, VENTILATION, HEADACHE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, NAUSEA, TOXIC FUMES
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #14571384
Employer profile: ALASKA, STATE OF MILITARY/VET. AFFAIRS AKANG
Summary number: 14548374
Report ID: 1050210

Event description

EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO MEK AND MIBK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, AN ALASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD MAINTENANCE WORKER, WAS GIVEN THE JOB OF APPLYING 3M SCOTCH CLAD BRAND NON-SLIP COATING NO. 1420 TO A GRATE. THE GRATE WAS LOCATED IN A POORLY VENTILATED ROOM. AFTER HE HAD WORKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, HE BECAME NAUSEOUS AND EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS, DIFFICULTY BREAT HING, A HEADACHE AND NARCOSIS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED. THE SYMPTOMS HE EXPERIENCED ARE TYPICAL OF THOSE CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO METHYL ETHYL KETONE (MEK) AND METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE (MIBK). THE NON-SLIP COATING NO. 1420, WHICH HE HAD BEEN APPLYIN G, CONTAINED BOTH MEK AND MIBK.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
9

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0430

Task assigned
2

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