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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221663594

Aircraft,Asphyxiated,Distracted,Dust,Dust Inhalation,Infection,Inhalation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lung,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Plastic,Pneumonia,Protective Clothing,Wrong Equipment

Event
Aircraft,Asphyxiated,Distracted,Dust,Dust Inhalation,Infection,Inhalation,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lung,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Plastic,Pneumonia,Protective Clothing,Wrong Equipment
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221663594
Report ID
0653510

Event description

Employee inhales plastic dust, later dies from pneumonia

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Event type
    8
    Occupation code
    717

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