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Accident: 14371421 - Exposure To Paint Solvent Vapors

Accident: 14371421 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/17/1984
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
194259810/19/19845149Coca Cola Bottling Corp Of Cincinnati
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
194260610/22/19841711The Geiler Company
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
194259810/19/19845149Coca Cola Bottling Corp Of Cincinnati
REPAIR WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GEILER COMPANY ON A BLOWER UNIT WHICH PROVIDES AIR TO THE COMPUTER AND TELEPHONE SALES AREAS OF THE COCA COLA BOTTLING CORPORATION OF CINCINNATI'S DUCK CREEK ROAD FACILITY. APPROXIMATELY 6 SQUARE FEET OF SURFACE AREA INSIDE THE BLOWER UNIT WAS SPRAYED WITH A BLACK RUSTOLEUM PAINT CONTANING XYLENE, TOLUENE AND OTHER SOLVENTS. WHEN THIS BLOWER UNIT WAS TURNED BACK ON AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17,1984, EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE TELEPHONE SALES AND COMPUTER AREAS BEGAN TO SMELL THE PAINT SOLVENT VAPORS AND EXPERIENCED BURNING EYES, IRRITATED UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACTS, HEADACHES, FEELINGS OF BEING "HIGH" OR INTOXICATED, AND NAUSEA. THE SIX COCA COLA EMPLOYEES LISTED ABOVE WERE TAKEN TO EITHER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OR JEWISH HOSPITAL.
Keywords: xylene, inhalation, toluene, paint solvent, eye, headache, nausea, paint
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1942598 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported
2 1942598 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported
3 1942598 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported
4 1942598 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported
5 1942606 Occupation Not Listed
6 1942598 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported
7 1942598 Hospitalized injury Other Occupation not reported

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