Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 888107 - Employee sensitized to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate

Accident Summary Nr: 888107 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 08/21/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104427364	09/30/1988	3669	0	Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 reported that the Insta-Pak machine that he operated had been malfunctioning. In the middle of the following week he felt distress and went to the hospital emergency room for treatment. In part, the illness was attributed to sensitization to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (mdi), a component of the Insta-Pak material.

Keywords: MDI, INHALATION, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104427364			Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Hand packers and packagers

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