OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442255
TRANS CIRCUITS INC
FALLS CHURCH, VA—
Event description
Fourteen employees injured when exposed to plating chemicals
Investigation 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 th e waste treatment system, resulted in the mixing of plating bath solutions. All employees evacuated the plant when vapors were detected. Employees #1 through #1 4 were sent to the hospital; five suffered from constricted bronchial airways an d were hospitalized overnight.
Victims (14)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 79
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Hospitalized Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 24
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#11 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 24
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#12 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 73
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#13 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 95
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#14 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 53
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 79
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 79
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 37
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 53
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 95
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 20 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 37
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 55 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 96
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 53
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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