Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170886857 - Employee overcome by chemical vapors

Accident Summary Nr: 170886857 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 02/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119683803	03/31/1997	0241	0	Bill Furtado Dairy

Abstract: Employee #1 could not find the container into which he usually poured soap at the end of the milking shift. He instead grabbed another container--a bleach bottle that smelled as though there had been bleach in it. As he poured the soap into the bleach bottle, the two chemicals started to react . Employee #1 was overcome by the vapors and experienced difficulty breathing.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, BLEACH, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, CHEMICAL REACTION, CHEMICAL VAPOR, POISONING, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119683803			Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Farm workers

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