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Accident Summary Nr: 14454532 - TOXIC FUMES EMITTED FROM BURNING BUILDING CONTAINING PVC

Accident Summary Nr: 14454532 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/16/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14759369	06/05/1985	2011	0	Farmstead Foods, Div. Of Cedar Rapids Meats

Abstract: AT 1:00 AM, EMPLOYEE #6 REPORTED TO THE NURSE WITH AN EYE IRRITATION. THE NURSE REFERRED HIM TO MERCY HOSPITAL. THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED TWO DAYS OFF WORK. EMPLOYEE #6'S CONDITION WAS APPARENTLY INDEPENDENT OF THOSE OF EMPLOYEES #1-5. ON JULY 16, 1985, OLD WASTE WATER PLANT, A BUILDING ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM THE WORKING PLACE OF EMPLOYEES #1-6, BURNED, EMITTING SMOKE AND HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS. EMPLOYEES #1-5 REPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEIR WORKSHIFT ENDED AT 6 AM. BY 8 AM THEY WERE COMPLAINING OF SYMPTOMS OF TOXIC GAS EXPOSURE. THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.

Keywords: EYE, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE, FIRE, INHALATION, GAS, SMOKE, TOXIC FUMES, POLYVINYL CHLORIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14759369	Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Occupation not reported
2	14759369	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	14759369	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	14759369	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	14759369	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	14759369	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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