OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888107
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee sensitized to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 reported that the Insta-Pak machine that he operated had been malfun ctioning. In the middle of the following week he felt distress and went to the h ospital emergency room for treatment. In part, the illness was attributed to sen sitization to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (mdi), a component of the Insta-Pak material.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 888
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1073
- Task assigned
- 1
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