Accident Report Detail
Accident: 361704893 - Employee Exposed To Chemical In Confined Space
Accident: 361704893 -- Report ID: 0950627 -- Event Date: 02/08/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125739896 | 03/20/2002 | 7363 | Timec Company Inc. Dba Welltech Safety | ||||
At approximately 10:00 p.m. on February 8, 2002, Employee # 1, a contractor employee, was acting as a confined-space attendant monitoring an entrant who was inspecting the interior of an 85-foot-tall processing vessel at a petroleum refinery. A ventilation blower was supplying air through the lower manway, and the air stream was exiting at the upper manway, where Employee #1 was located. She was exposed to an unknown chemical that resulted in acute symptoms including vomiting, coughing, difficulty breathing, edema on her exposed skin, and loss of consciousness. Employee #1 was hospitalized for 5 days in an intensive care unit. | |||||||
Keywords:
respiratory, unconsciousness, ventilation, confined space, chemical vessel, refinery, chemical, cough, vomit
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 125739896 | Hospitalized injury | Poisoning(Systemic) | Laborers, except construction |