OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570010
FREIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
DAYTON, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEES INHALED CHEMICAL DUST; BECAME ILL
Investigation abstract
TWO BAGS OF SODIUM META-BISULFITE BROKE OPEN IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK. THE FIVE EM PLOYEES ASSIGNED TO CLEAN UP THE SPILL INHALED THE DUST AND BECAME ILL. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. A RESCUE UNIT TRANSPORTED THE FIVE EMPLOYEES TO THE HOSP ITAL, WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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