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Accident Summary Nr: 14454698 - Employee dies of methyl bromide poisoning

Accident Summary Nr: 14454698 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/06/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104219100	10/10/1988	5812	0	Village Inn Pancake House

Abstract: Sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on October 6, 1988, Employee #1 re-entered a restaurant that had been fumigated with Meth-O-Gas (100 percent methyl bromide) on the evening of October 5. When Employees #2 through #5 entered the restaurant at about 5:00 a.m. they found Employee #1 dead in the men's restroom. Employees #2 through #5 were taken to the hospital for tests and observation, questioned by police, and released. It is assumed, but not confirmed, that Employee #1 died of methyl bromide poisoning.

Keywords: FUMIGANT, WORK RULES, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, INHALATION, GAS, CHEMICAL VAPOR, POISONING, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE, PESTICIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104219100	Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
2	104219100	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	104219100	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	104219100	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	104219100	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	104219100	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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