Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14518138 - EXPOSURE TO SULFURIC FLUORIDE

Accident Summary Nr: 14518138 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 06/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101781144	07/09/1986	7342	0	Atlas Exterminators, Inc. Of N.W. Fla

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A FUMIGATION "TENT" CONTAINING "VIKANE", OR SULFURIC FLUORIDE, AFTER HE HAD RECEIVED WARNINGS ON THE DANGERS OF THE CHEMICAL. HE WAS GUARDING THE FUMINGATION SITE AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE. COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES DISCOVERED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ENTERED THE FUMIGATION TENT, YET FAILED TO TAKE HIM FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT OR INFORM HIS FAMILY. THE EMPLOYEE DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, FUMIGANT, WORK RULES, INHALATION, TOXIC FUMES, CHEMICAL, RESPIRATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101781144			Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported

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