OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779389
BENTLY NEVADA MAIN PLANT
MINDEN, NV·
Event description
Employees ill from excessive solvent exposure
Investigation abstract
Employee #2 was using an airless sprayer to seal concrete basement walls with a y were untrained in chemical hazards and they lacked an MSDS for an improperly l abeled product. petroleum sealer. He was not wearing a proper respirator, eye protection, or glo ves. The product label had no health or fire hazard warnings. Employees #1 and # 3 were working in an adjacent room and, upon noticing an odor, donned disposable dust masks for protection. Two hours later, all three employees were ordered to stop work. Employee #1 expressed symptoms and she was treated and released. Her symptoms worsened two hours later, however, and she was hospitalized for excess ive solvent exposure. Employees #2 and #3 suffered milder symptoms and did not r equire hospitalization. The employees made an improper choice of ppe because the
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 365
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 448
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 35
- Occupation code
- 365
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
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