OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739953
VAPOR,HEADACHE,INHALATION,NAUSEA,DIZZINESS,SPILL
Event description
Employee hospitalized after inhaling chemical vapors
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:45 p.m. on February 27, 1990, Employee #1, a picker, picked u p two 500 ml glass bottles, one containing phenol, the other ferric subsulfate, to fill a hospital order. He dropped both bottles on the concrete floor and they shattered. The employee contacted his supervisor and they both began to clean u p the spill with paper towels and then mopped with detergent. Employee #1 was na useous, dizzy, and weak. He also had an extremely bad headache. By 11:00 p.m., 9 11 was called and the employee was hospitalized.
Victims (13)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#13 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 684
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2040
- Task assigned
- 1
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