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Accident Summary Nr: 14299424 - EMPLOYEE ANXIETY AND STRESS LED TO ILLNESS SYMPTOMS

Accident Summary Nr: 14299424 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 02/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2820223	02/03/1986	3585	0	The Rotorex Company

Abstract: IT APPEARS THAT THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCED BY THE EMPLOYEES IN THIS CASE WAS A COLLECTIVE STRESS REACTION. THE COMBINATION OF A BOILER EXPLOSION ON JANUARY 29, 1986, THE MISLEADING FOLLOW-UP BLOOD TESTS TAKEN BETWEEN FEBRUARY 4, 1986, AND FEBRUARY 18, 1986, ANOTHER TOXIC EPISODE OF FEBRUARY 3, 1986, AND THE FACT THAT MANAGEMENT DID NOT FULLY COMMUNICATE THE FACTS TO EMPLOYEES, LED TO THE ONSET OF PLANT-WIDE ANXIETY. THIS ANXIETY PRECIPITATED THE ACUTE ILLNESSES. THIS OPINION IS SHARED BY NIOSH, WHICH MADE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT. NIOSH'S REPORT HAS BEEN MADE A PART OF THIS FILE. EMPLOYEES #1-#16 WERE TREATED AND RELEASED, EXCEPT FOR EMPLOYEE #13, WHO HAD A HEART ATTACK AFTER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.

Keywords: EXPLOSION, PSYCH ILLNESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
2	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
3	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
4	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
5	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
6	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
7	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
8	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
9	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
10	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
11	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
12	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
13	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
14	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
15	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
16	2820223	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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