Portland, OR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Department of Environmental Quality
Respiratory condition · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Department of Environmental Quality in 700 NE Multnomah St. Ste. 600, Portland, OR 97232 resulted in days away from work. Employee was administrative Specialist SR Non Exempt in waste management program administration.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Department of Environmental Quality
- Parent company
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Street
- 700 NE Multnomah St. Ste. 600
- City
- Portland
- State
- OR
- ZIP
- 97232
- On-site location
- DEQ Bend regional office employee cubicle
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Worker was completing desk work in cubicle on eastern side of DEQ [REDACTED] office.
What happened
Building sprinkler main had cracked and the contractors were onsite outside of building to fix it. The contractors flushed sprinkler line with [REDACTED]. Employee noticed smell of antifreeze coming out of HVAC. Employee reported feeling ill post line flushing.
Injury or illness
Employee reported brain fog and irregular heartbeat.
Object or substance involved
Inhalation of FREEZEMASTER™ ANTIFREEZE fume
Summary line
Inhalation of FREEZEMASTER™ ANTIFREEZE fume
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Administrative Specialist SR Non Exempt
- SOC code
- 13-1199: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
- NAICS code
- 924110: Waste management program administration
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 807
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,405,622
- EIN
- 930584915
- Establishment ID
- 807893
- Employer case #
- INC-20795
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-04
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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