Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14387310 - INHALATION OF PAINT AND SOLVENT VAPORS

Accident Summary Nr: 14387310 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 02/25/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2345247	03/05/1985	4011	0	Chicago And Northwestern Transportation Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2345239	03/08/1985	1721	0	New Finish Electro Paint Works Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2345247	03/05/1985	4011	0	Chicago And Northwestern Transportation Company

Abstract: ON FEBRUARY 25 AND 26, 1985, EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY'S PROVISO YARDS BECAME ILL FROM EXPOSURE TO A SPRAY PAINTING OPERATION. AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN HIRED TO DO ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY FINISHING OF THE METAL OFFICE FURNITURE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. NO VENTILATION WAS PROVIDED, OTHER THAN THE NORMAL HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. THE PAINT BEING SPRAYED WAS AN EPOXY POLYAMIDE RESIN. THE CLEANING SOLVENT USED WAS METHYL ETHYL KETONE. THE EMPLOYEES COMPLAINED OF SUCH SYMPTOMS AS HEADACHE, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIZZINESS, CONFUSION, DIFFICULT BREATHING, RAPID PULSE AND GENERAL WEAKNESS. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM ON THEIR OWN. THE EMPLOYEES WHO BECAME ILL WERE WORKING AT THEIR DESKS, DOING THEIR REGULARLY ASSIGNED TASKS. THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL SEPARATION BETWEEN THEIR WORK AREA AND THE SPRAY PAINTING OPERATION.

Keywords: INHALATION, DIZZINESS, PAINT SOLVENT, MEK, VAPOR, VENTILATION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, PAINT, VOMIT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	2345247	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
8	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
9	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
10	2345247	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
11	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
12	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
13	2345239			Occupation Not Listed
14	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
15	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
16	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
17	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
18	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
19	2345247	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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