Abstract: On December 14, 2000, Employee #1, a paint or finish stripper, was stripping paint from shutters. He was found face down in a 4 in.-by-8 in.-by-2 in.- deep tank of methylene chloride. Employee #1 reported to work at approximately 8:00 a.m. and was talking with the employer 8:15 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. He then went back to work. At 9:15 a.m., Employee #1 received a call from his girlfriend. Employee #1 was extremely agitated and the other employees could hear him shouting and throwing items. The call lasted until 9:20 a.m. He returned to the tank at 9:20 to work on a shutter. His method of removing paint was by using a brush. When he was doing this, the sash was laying on the bottom of the tank in the 2-in.-high level of Dip and Strip and Employee #1's face had to be approximately 1 ft below the lip of the tank. At 9:30 a.m. Employee #1 was found face down in the tank. The cause of Employee #1's death is unknown. It could be due to health problems or chemicals in the air. When Employee #1 was suspended over the side of the tank, what was noted by the crease in the body, with his head in the tank below the lip of the tank, he was breathing in the chemical vapors. Respiration stopped and Employee #1 slid into the tank. This scenario of the accident was based on the fact that only Employee #1's face was in the tank and that nothing was found in lungs or stomach. The skin could have absorbed further amounts of methanol. Employee #1 died.