OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548374
RESPIRATORY,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,MEK,VENTILATION,HEADACHE,WORK RULES,INHALATION,NAUSEA,TOXIC FUMES
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
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#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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