Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109731.015 - Employees inhale unknown fumes and lungs are irritated

Accident Summary Nr: 109731.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 10/13/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1292698.015	02/02/2018		238290	Jacobs Field Services, North America

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on October 13, 2017, Employee #1, #2 and #3, employed by a construction company, were working on a multiemployer project at a wastewater treatment plant. Employee #1 was grinding an I-beam that was propped up on a steel skid pan. An unknown powdery substance in the skid pan began to smolder. All three employees, after inhaling the fumes, began to experience respiratory problems. Emergency services were called, and the employees were transported to the hospital. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for lung irritation. Employees #2 and #3 were treated and released. The subsequent investigation showed that the skid pan, which had been used by multiple contractors, likely contained a waste product that contained sulfur.

Keywords: Air Contamination, Construction, Grinding Machine, Inhalation, Lung, Powder, Respiratory, Smoke Inhalation, Steel Beam, Sulfur

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			3	150

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1292698.015	44	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause:
2	1292698.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause:

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