OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943043
METHYLENE CHLORIDE,HAZARDOUS WASTE,CARBON MONOXIDE,NAUSEA,TRUCK,POISONING,CHEMICAL
Event description
FOUR POLICE OFFICERS EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Investigation abstract
On May 8, 1989, four police officers, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 performing po cal for methylene chloride. lice response duties entered a chemical hot zone containing opened and scattered containers of hazardous chemical waste substances after a truck wrecked off of Interstate 85. Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 had delayed illnesses and were later observed at a hospital. Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 were examined on the suspi cion of methylene chloride in their bloodstream. Two employees had elevated leve ls of carbon monoxide in their bloodstream. Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 suffere d nausea, flushed face with some mucous discharges of blood. One employee felt l ike his skin was covered with fiberglass. The delay in system poisoning was typi
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 40
- Occupation code
- 423
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 40
- Occupation code
- 423
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 40
- Occupation code
- 423
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 40
- Occupation code
- 423
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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