Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202658670 - Employee Possibly Ingests Bleach Solution and Is Poisoned

Accident Summary Nr: 202658670 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/04/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316672377	01/07/2014	1711	238220	Kk Mechanical, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on November 4, 2013, Employee #1, with Kk Mechanical, Inc., was installing new plumbing in a new six story hospital building. Employee #1 suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding due to an acute alcoholic gastritis. Employee #1 and his coworker were working in the basement, back filling trenches. Employee # 1 and the coworker started working at approximately 6:30 a.m. The coworker observed that Employee #1 drank six or seven cups of water and stated that Employee #1 complained that he smelled bleach in his water cup. Employee #1 was hospitalized, possibly for stomach pains and/or internal bleeding. The investigation concluded that Employee #1 suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding due to an acute alcoholic gastritis.

Keywords: INSTALLING, LOSS OF BLOOD, BLEACH, TRENCH, PLUMBING, POISONING, STOMACH

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316672377			Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Other

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