Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200970044 - Employee hospitalized with breathing problems

Accident Summary Nr: 200970044 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 09/15/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300698719	09/16/1999	1629	0	Raytheon Demilitarization Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and approximately 35 coworkers in the chemical munitions disposal building of a chemical weapons incinerator started to experience breathing problems. They were taken to the local hospital, where Employee #1 and four coworkers were admitted; the others were examined, treated, and released. No cause for the incident could be determined by OSHA, the employer, or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. There had been no release of any chemical agent from the stored weapons.

Keywords: INHALATION, RESPIRATORY TRACT, CHEMICAL VAPOR, CHEMICAL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	300698719

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