OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221720352

EVERETT SHIP REPAIR, LLC

EVERETT, WA— 2024-11-18T00:00:00

Event: Abrasive Blasting, Allergic Reaction, Asphyxiated, Blasting, Breathing, Carbon Steel, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Coal, Dust, Dust Inhalation, Engineering Controls, Inhalation, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Non-PEL Overexposure, Overexposure, Repair, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Sand, Sandblasting, Ship, Shipyard, Shortness of breath, Steel
NAICS: 336611
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #347893273
Employer profile: EVERETT SHIP REPAIR, LLC
Summary number: 221720352
Report ID: 1032700

Event description

Employee becomes ill from airborne particulates, later dies

Investigation abstract

On November 14, 2024, an employee was working as a laborer on the dock at a to an adverse reaction to inhalation of blast media and materials which included coal slag, steel grit and paint particles from the materials that were being removed. shipyard moving materials into and out of a staging area. The staging area is next to an area where the employer was preparing to have a caisson sandblasted. Sandblasting media and the material being blasted leaked out from gaps around the caisson causing the employee to be incidentally exposed to sandblaster chemicals. The employee experienced respiratory distress causing him to go the same day to the hospital where he was released. The employee continued having respiratory issues. On the morning of November 18, 2024, a roommate found the employee dead. The cause of the employee's death is unknown and is possibly due

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
12

Occupation code
889

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