OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464333
CONSOLIDATED RECYCLING CO INC
TROY, IN—
Event description
Employee injured by toluene exposure in tanker
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 20, was cleaning residue from the inner surface of a 1,500 gall on, five-compartment semi-tanker when he was overcome by toluene vapors. He lost consciousness and lay in the toluene until he was rescued. He suffered first- a nd second-degree burns over 5 percent of his body. At the time of the accident, no safety equipment was in use or safety procedures observed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 887
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 2460
- Task assigned
- 1
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