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Accident Summary Nr: 14442255 - Fourteen employees injured when exposed to plating chemicals

Accident Summary Nr: 14442255 -- Report ID: 0355122 -- Event Date: 04/02/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15227895	04/03/1984	3679	0	Trans Circuits Inc

Abstract: On April 2, 1984, weekly maintenance of plating tanks was being performed in the morning and early afternoon. A blockage in a drainage trench, a component of the waste treatment system, resulted in the mixing of plating bath solutions. All employees evacuated the plant when vapors were detected. Employees #1 through #14 were sent to the hospital; five suffered from constricted bronchial airways and were hospitalized overnight.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, LUNG, MAINTENANCE, INHALATION, CHEMICAL REACTION, CHEMICAL VAPOR, HOUSEKEEPING, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Civil engineers
2	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Registered nurses
3	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Management related occupations, n.e.c.
4	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Pharmacists
5	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Civil engineers
6	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Forestry and conservation scientists
7	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Forestry and conservation scientists
8	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Civil engineers
9	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Registered nurses
10	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Chemists, except biochemists
11	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Underwriters
12	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Underwriters
13	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Forestry and conservation scientists
14	15227895	Hospitalized injury	Other	Management related occupations, n.e.c.

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