Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14238067 - Employees Become Ill After Exposed To Unknown Chemical
Accident: 14238067 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 04/12/1990 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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111195533 | 04/16/1990 | 8711 | Harding & Lawson Associates | ||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
111195509 | 04/16/1990 | 2893 | Mobile Reclamation System | ||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
111195525 | 04/16/1990 | 4959 | Disposal Control Services Inc. | ||||
Employees #1 and #2 were recycling used printing ink at a hazardous waste cleanup site. As they worked, they began to feel lightheaded, dizzy, and nauseated. Employees #1 and #2 were evaluated at an emergency room and then sent home. Interviewing them or the employer was impossible because the firm is located out of state and the employees were not hospitalized. Subsequent air sampling did not reveal the cause of the employees' alleged illnesses. Neither employee had received training in the hazards of the chemical materials they were handling. | |||||||
Keywords:
hazardous waste, untrained, chemical, inhalation, dizziness, overexposure, vapor, nausea
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 111195533 | Occupation Not Listed | |||||
2 | 111195509 | Non Hospitalized injury | Other | Occupation not reported | |||
3 | 111195509 | Non Hospitalized injury | Other | Occupation not reported | |||
4 | 111195525 | Occupation Not Listed |