Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14339881 - FIRE INVOLVING AGRICHEMICALS

Accident Summary Nr: 14339881 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 05/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15006638	05/17/1985	9224	0	Mooresville Fire Department
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15010689	05/07/1985	9224	0	Town Of Mooresville Fire Department

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #13 BECAME ILL WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURAL FIRE AT THE FCX STORE IN MOORESVILLE. ASSORTED AGRICHEMICALS WERE STORED AT THE STORE. THE CHEMICAL FUMES GIVEN OFF BY THE FIRE CAUSED STOMACH PAINS AND NAUSEA IN THE AFFECTED EMPLOYEES. THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED AND TREATED FOR CHEMICAL PNEUMONIA. EMPLOYEES #2, #5 AND #8 WERE AMBULANCE WORKERS. THEY HAD NOT ENTERED THE FIRE AREA, BUT WORKED ONLY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE FIRE SCENE IN SUPPORT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, FIRE, NAUSEA, TOXIC FUMES, STOMACH, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15006638			Occupation Not Listed
2	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
4	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
5	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
6	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
7	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.
8	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
9	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
10	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.
11	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
12	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
13	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations
14	15010689	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Firefighting occupations

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