Accident Report Detail
Accident: 4048.015 - Employee Is Killed From Exposure To Toluene
Accident: 4048.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 11/28/2011 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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109515.015 | 11/29/2011 | Vivid Image, Inc. | |||||
At 3:45 p.m. on November 28, 2011, two employees were working at a facility that manufacutered projection screens. Employees #1 and #2 , without wearing respir atory protection, entered the unventilated screen coating room around 9:17 a.m. to apply screen coating material, containing toluene, to a glass screen. Both em ployees lost consciousness and were not discovered until around 3:30 pm. EMS wa s notified and was able to revive Employee #2, but unable to revive Employee #1 who was pronounced dead at the scene. Bulk sampling from the screen coating mixi ng tanks and waste drum determined the major component in the coating was toluen e. The cause of death was determined to be related to toluene exposure. | |||||||
Keywords:
confined space, respirator, toxic atmosphere, ventilation
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 109515.015 | 65 | M | Hospitalized injury | Managers and administrators, n.e.c | ||
2 | 109515.015 | 55 | M | Fatality | Laborers, except construction |