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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566889

HEPATITIS

Event
HEPATITIS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14566889
Report ID
454510

Event description

EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEPATITIS AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS AN OPERATOR IN THE EXTRUDER AREA, WHERE POLYETHYLENE OXIDE AND P OLYVINYLCHLORIDE WAS USED TO PRODUCE PLASTIC FILM. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF FULMINAN T HEPATITIS AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. THE ILLNESS WAS DETERMINED TO BE NOT JOB RELA TED. NO CAUSAL FACTORS WERE NOTED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    27
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    755
    Human factor
    16
    Environmental factor
    9
    Task assigned
    1

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