OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #981514
AFASS CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR
MOROVIS, PR·
Event description
Employees suffer overexposure to ethyl acetate
Investigation abstract
An employee was taking inventory in the warehouse and bumped into a container of 128 ounces of ethyl acetate. Vapors were produced, affecting the employees. The employees' symptoms were chest pain, tears, and nausea. Employees #1 through #1 0 were taken to the hospital, where all but Employee #8 were admitted.
Victims (10)
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 95
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Hospitalized Age 51 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 40 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 95
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 27 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 313
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 55 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 46 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 97
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 48 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 426
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 359
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 313
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1040
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.