Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14198956 - EMPLOYEE EXPOSED TO CHROMATE DUST

Accident Summary Nr: 14198956 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/24/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14850556	09/19/1985	1795	0	Mcdade Rigging And Steel Erection Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 HELPED IN THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF AN EVAPORATOR USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SODIUM BICHROMATE. HE WAS PROVIDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR, A HALF-FACE DUST RESPIRATOR. FROM TWO DAYS' EXPOSURE THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CHROME SORES ON HIS SHOULDER, CHEST, AND FACE, AN ULCERATED NASAL CAVITY, AND LUNG DAMAGE. THE EMPLOYER PROVIDED NO TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS TO WHAT HE WOULD BE EXPOSED TO OR WHY THE RESPIRATOR WAS PROVIDED. THE EMPLOYER HAD NO RESPIRATOR FIT TESTING PROGRAM.

Keywords: CHEST, RESPIRATORY, LUNG, DUST, CONSTRUCTION, INHALATION, NOSE, CHROME, RESPIRATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14850556			Hospitalized injury	Dermatitis	Helpers, construction trades

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