Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14538623 - EXPOSED TO STYRENE AND TOLUENE FROM RAW SEWAGE

Accident Summary Nr: 14538623 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 09/19/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14804694	09/20/1984	4952	0	Morris Foreman Waste Water Treatment Plant

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 ENTERED THE SEWAGE SCREEN AND GRIT BUILDING TO EXAMINE THE SCREENS AND TO REPLACE A SHEAR PIN IN THE #4 BAR SCREEN. THEY NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ODOR IN THE BUILDING AND LEFT TO CALL EMPLOYEE #3, WHO WAS THEIR SUPERVISOR. WHEN EMPLOYEE #3 HAD ARRIVED AT THE BUILDING AND VERIFIED THE PROBLEM, HE PLACED A CALL TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AS REQUIRED BY COMPANY POLICY, EMPLOYEE #3'S SUPERVISOR THEN CALLED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE SUPERVISOR DETERMINED THAT STYRENE AND TOLUENE WERE PRESENT IN THE RAW SEWAGE. EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXPOSURE.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, SEWER, PIN, PPE, SCREEN, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, TOLUENE, STYRENE, SEWAGE, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14804694	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
2	14804694	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
3	14804694	Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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