OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454532
FARMSTEAD FOODS, DIV. OF CEDAR RAPIDS MEATS
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA—
Event description
TOXIC FUMES EMITTED FROM BURNING BUILDING CONTAINING PVC
Investigation abstract
AT 1:00 AM, EMPLOYEE #6 REPORTED TO THE NURSE WITH AN EYE IRRITATION. THE NURSE REFERRED HIM TO MERCY HOSPITAL. THE DOCTOR RECOMMENDED TWO DAYS OFF WORK. EMPLOY EE #6'S CONDITION WAS APPARENTLY INDEPENDENT OF THOSE OF EMPLOYEES #1-5. ON JULY 16, 1985, OLD WASTE WATER PLANT, A BUILDING ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM THE WORKING PLACE OF EMPLOYEES #1-6, BURNED, EMITTING SMOKE AND HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS. EMPL OYEES #1-5 REPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEIR WORKSHIFT ENDED AT 6 AM. BY 8 AM THEY WERE COMPLAINING OF SYMPTOMS OF TOXIC GAS EXPOSURE. THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1430
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 11
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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