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Accident Summary Nr: 820423 - Employees hospitalized several days after inhaling vapors

Accident Summary Nr: 820423 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 06/07/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108994708	06/21/1994	1542	0	Mcdevitt Street Bovis, Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109688945	06/21/1994	8062	0	Lawnwood Regional Medical Center

Abstract: Employees of S.H. Concrete Services, a subcontractor for McDevitt, Street, Boris, were applying "kurez," a concrete curing compound, to a newly poured floor approximately 8 to 10 inches from the intake vents of two air handlers. These units supplied air to the operating room, recovery room, and emergency room. Employees working in these areas began to smell a kerosene type odor and to experience headaches, dizziness, and difficulty breathing and concentrating. One employee was unconscious. Employees #1, #2, and #3 were hospitalized several days later.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, INHALATION, OVEREXPOSURE, CONCRETE, VAPOR, VENTILATION, CONSTRUCTION, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108994708			Occupation Not Listed
2	109688945	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	109688945	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	109688945	Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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