OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #783688
INMONT DIVISION OF BASF
LOUISVILLE, KY·
Event description
4 EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN EXPOSED TO TOLUENE VAPORS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 11:45 PM ON JANUARY 14, 1988, A SECOND SHIFT EMPLOYEE NOTICED A CHEMICA L SPILL AND NOTIFIED THE SHIFT FOREMAN. EMPLOYEES #2 AND #4 WERE DIRECTED TO CHE CK OUT THE SITUATION. EMPLOYEE #2 OBTAINED A RESPIRATOR FROM THE SUPERVISOR AND THEN PLACED FOAM ON THE SPILL. EMPLOYEE #4 CALLED 911 FOR ASSISTANCE. EMPLOYEE # 2 STARTED FEELING LIGHT-HEADED AND DIZZY. THE EMTS DECIDED TO TAKE EMPLOYEES #1, #2,#3, AND #4 TO THE HOSPITAL. THOSE WHO REMAINED PUT ON SCBAS TO CLEAN-UP THE M ESS. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, 3 OF THE 4 EMPLOYEES WERE NOT FOUND TO B E INTOXICATED.
Victims (4)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2460
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2460
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2460
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2460
- Task assigned
- 2
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