OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827873
PPE,CONSTRUCTION,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE
Event description
Employees overcome by toxic fumes
Investigation abstract
On January 18, 1990, Employees #1 through #6 were exposed to toxic fumes. Some o the scaffold's third level. He was not wearing respiratory protection. None of t he employees were hospitalized. f the employees were wearing personal protective equipment. Employee #1 was fitt ing pipe at the bottom of a one million cubic foot sludge tank. He was not weari ng respiratory equipment. Employee #2 was removing cement forms from a scaffold' s second level, underneath workers applying cement cure. He was not wearing pers onal protective equipment. Employees #3 and #4 were on the scaffold's third leve l applying cement cure (TK 25-19). They were wearing respiratory protection. Emp loyee #5 was stripping forms on the scaffold's second level. He was not wearing respiratory protection. Employee #6 was removing decking from a ballast ring on
Victims (6)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 44
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2037
- Task assigned
- 1
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