OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888172
DLD ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
JESSUP, MD·
Event description
Employee suffers dizziness while cleaning tank
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was inside a tank cleaning areas missed by a spinner. He was wearing full ppe, including a respirator. After 10 to 15 minutes, he felt light-headed and exited the confined space. He was taken to the hospital and released to retu rn to work. He finished cleaning the tanker. Employee #1 had been trained in con fined space entry and was wearing a harness and lanyard.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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