Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200620615 - Employee drowns when overcome by chemical

Accident Summary Nr: 200620615 -- Report ID: 0454723 -- Event Date: 08/18/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127343465	08/24/1999	7641	0	Larry A Coxey Dba Dip N Strip

Abstract: Employee #1, age 18, was stripping using a new solvent, methylene chloride, starting at the beginning of his shift. By 12 noon, he was overcome by dermal and inhalation exposure to the chemical, and he fell into the stripping tank at his waist. At 12:30 p.m. he was found, dead, by the company owner.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, PPE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, AIR CONTAMINATION, SKIN, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TOXIC FUMES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127343465			Fatality	Asphyxia	Miscellaneous precision woodworkers

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