Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 739953 - Employee hospitalized after inhaling chemical vapors

Accident Summary Nr: 739953 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104309786	02/28/1990	5122	0	Alco Health Services Co.

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 p.m. on February 27, 1990, Employee #1, a picker, picked up two 500 ml glass bottles, one containing phenol, the other ferric subsulfate, to fill a hospital order. He dropped both bottles on the concrete floor and they shattered. The employee contacted his supervisor and they both began to clean up the spill with paper towels and then mopped with detergent. Employee #1 was nauseous, dizzy, and weak. He also had an extremely bad headache. By 11:00 p.m., 911 was called and the employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: VAPOR, HEADACHE, INHALATION, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, SPILL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors, production occupations
2	104309786	Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
3	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
4	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
5	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
6	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
7	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
8	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
9	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
10	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
11	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
12	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c.
13	104309786	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors, production occupations

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