Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14554570 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES OVEREXPOSED TO TOLUENE VAPORS

Accident Summary Nr: 14554570 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 02/10/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101855856	02/10/1987	1721	0	W.S. Bunch Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101855831	02/12/1987	2672	0	Nashua Corporation

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED AN 8000 GALLON TOLUENE STORAGE TANK SATURATED WITH TOLUENE VAPORS WITHOUT FIRST TESTING FOR AN IDLH CONDITION, AND WITHOUT SCBA RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT OR A SAFETY HARNESS AND LIFELINE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OVERCOME BY THE VAPORS AND COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING THE TANK AND PERFORMING SOME WORK. EMPLOYEE #2 HEARD EMPLOYEE #1 GROAN AND COLLAPSE. EMPLOYEE #2 THEN ENTERED THE TANK TO RESCUE EMPLOYEE #1, WAS OVERCOME BY THE VAPOR AND ALSO COLLAPSED. THE EMPLOYEES WERE DISCOVERED ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER AND WERE RESCUED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, PPE, WORK RULES, TOLUENE, OVEREXPOSURE, VAPOR, CONFINED SPACE, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101855856	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
2	101855856	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
3	101855831			Occupation Not Listed

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