OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399307
SHOWBIZ PIZZA PLACE INC
LONGVIEW, TX—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DELIBERATELY INHALED HAZARDOUS VAPORS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, NEW TO THE JOB, HAD A HISTORY OF INHALING VARIOUS HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS IN ORDER TO GET "HIGH." THIS HISTORY WAS UNKNOWN TO THE EMPLOYER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO USE 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE TO CLEAN OLD GLUE FROM LETTERS THAT H AD FALLEN OFF A GAME MACHINE. HE WAS THEN TO REGLUE THE LETTERS. HE WAS WORKING IN A SHOP AREA OF A PIZZA PARLOR/ENTERTAINMENT CENTER KNOWN AS THE "TECH ROOM." EMPLOYEE #1 DELIBERATELY PLACED HIS NOSE AND MOUTH OVER THE LID OPENING OF A 1-G ALLON CAN OF SOLVENT AND INHALED THE VAPORS. AFTER DOING THIS REPEATEDLY, HE BEC AME UNCONSCIOUS. ALL EFFORTS TO REVIVE HIM FAILED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1720
- Task assigned
- 2
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