Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170064851 - Employee is overcome by vapors in confined space

Accident Summary Nr: 170064851 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 02/09/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115613564	02/11/1994	3931	0	United Musical Instruments Usa, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working inside a dip tank that held up to 82 gallons of trichloroethylene (TCE), and was wearing a respirator that had not been fit tested. The space was not monitored prior to entry and no rescue equipment was available. The employee felt he was inhaling vapors so he took off the mask while in the space and then passed out. The attendant could not get the employee out due to a lack of rescue equipment. Employee #1 was removed with the assistance of other unprotected employees. He was hospitalized for 2 1/2 days. For a brief period he was comatose.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, VAPOR, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, DIP TANK, PIPE, OVEREXPOSURE, TRICHLORETHYLENE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115613564			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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