Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14377584 - Employee hospitalized after inhaling perchloroethylene

Accident Summary Nr: 14377584 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 05/11/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101133452	05/12/1988	3069	0	W.H. Salisbury Rubber Products Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 had been cleaning the insides of a hopper with a rag soaked in perchloroethylene when he was found unconscious. He had been wearing a dust mask, which was the wrong type of respirator.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, INHALATION, PERCHLOROETHYLENE, SCBA, HOPPER, RESPIRATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101133452			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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