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Inspection: 101022440 - Consolidated Freightways-Motor Freightways

Inspection Information - Office: Chicago South Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 101022440
Report ID: 0521700
Date Opened: 09/19/1985

Site Address:
Consolidated Freightways-Motor Freightways
7101 S. Cicero Avenue
Chicago, IL 60680

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:4213

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/20/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/21/1986

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360546022

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14386031
Event: 09/18/1985
Thirteen employees inhale creosote vapors; two hospitalized

Employees #1 through #13 were in the vicinity when a forklift truck punctured a 55-gallon container of creosote, causing vapors to spread throughout the area. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized; Employees #3 through #13 were treated and released. This accident proved to be neither a fatality nor a catastrophe as defined by Section 8, viii-1 of the field operations manual.

Keywords: VAPOR, VENTILATION, INHALATION, RUPTURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, CREOSOTE, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 101022440 Occupation Not Listed
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