Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201856028 - Employee Dies after Chemical Exposure

Accident Summary Nr: 201856028 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 06/14/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312620214	06/18/2009	3089	326199	Wilbert, Inc. Dba Wilbert Plastic Services

Abstract: On June 14, 2009, Employee #1, a maintenance employee, died in a hospital a few days after performing regularly-assigned work duties, including changing the head on the tub cover assembly line. When working with the assembly machine, he may have come into contact with methylene bisphenyl diisocyanate (md polyster polyol) and dibasic ester, which were the only chemicals used at that machine. Employees wear gloves when handling these chemicals. An autopsy revealed that Employee #1's cause of death was viral myocarditis.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, MAINTENANCE, GLOVE, INHALATION, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312620214			Fatality	Other	Machinery maintenance occupations

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