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Accident Summary Nr: 14312169 - 9 EMPLOYEES HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE TO TOXIC FUMES

Accident Summary Nr: 14312169 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 03/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100191923	03/19/1986	3357	0	Molecu Wire Corporation, Div. Of Superior Tube

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM ON MARCH 17, 1986, THE HEAT EXCHANGER, WHICH HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN OVER THE WEEK-END, WAS BEING CLEANED BY AN AUTOMATIC COIL CLEANING SYSTEM INSIDE THE HEAT EXCHANGER. THE CLEANING SOLUTION USED WAS TRICHLOROETHYLENE. THE HEAT EXCHANGER WAS NOT IN OPERATION. FROM THE COILS, VAPOR WAS DRAWN BACK THROUGH THE EXHAUST LINES ABOVE THE ENAMEL OVENS, WHICH WERE ALSO OFF, INTO THE ENAMEL ROOM. NINE EMPLOYEES WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCING HEADACHES, NAUSEA, AND DIZZINESS.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, HEADACHE, CLEANING, INHALATION, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, TOXIC FUMES, TRICHLORETHYLENE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
2	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
3	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
4	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
5	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
6	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
7	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
8	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
9	100191923	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported

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