OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765354
LIBES STRIPPING AND REFINISHING
RESEDA, CA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY EXPOSURE TO CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:40 AM ON OCTOBER 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DISCOVERED LYING FA HYDROCARBONS WILL CAUSE ANESTHETIC OR NARCOTIC EFFECTS. CE DOWN IN A DIP TANK CONTAINING ABOUT A 2 INCH DEPTH OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON , ALCOHOL BLEND. THE DIP TANK WAS 8 FEET LONG, 4 FEET WIDE AND 37 INCHES DEEP. T HE DIP TANK AND SOLVENT WERE USED TO STRIP PAINT FROM FURNITURE. ON THIS DAY, TW O SMALL DOORS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN MISSING FOR APPR OXIMATELY 10 MINUTES WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, AWARE OF THE DOORS IN THE TANK AND W ISHING TO REMOVE THEM BEFORE THEY WERE DAMAGED BY THE SOLUTION, WENT TO THE TANK AND FOUND EMPLOYEE #1, WITHOUT GLOVES OR A RESPIRATOR, LYING FACE DOWN IN THE S OLUTION. THE MSDS FOR THE DIP TANK SOLUTION STATES THAT EXPOSURE TO CHLORINATED
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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