OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975813
AUBURN CITY OF
AUBURN, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICAL
Investigation abstract
12 AUBURN FIREFIGHTERS, 3 AUBURN POLICEMEN, 2 INDIANA STATE POLICE OFFICERS, AND THE DEKALB COUNTY CORONER WERE EXPOSED TO TOXIC CHEMICALS. THEY WERE TESTED AT THE DEKALB COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 16 OUT OF 17 WERE RELEASED AFTER BLOOD TEST S. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED ON JU LY 4, 1988.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
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