OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14475958
THE HAMILTON TOOL COMPANY
HAMILTON, OH—
Event description
SMOKE INHALATION
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 18, 1984, AT 7:30 PM, A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN AN INDOOR DUMPSTER. EMPL 7:40 - 7:45 PM.) THEY WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ALL BUT ONE WAS T REATED WITH OXYGEN AND RELEASED AFTER TESTS. OYEES AT FIRST ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE SM OKE AND FUMES WERE TOO IRRITATING, SO SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING RESPIRATORS WERE USED, ALONG WITH A STANDPIPE HOSE MANNED BY FIRE BRIDADE MEMBERS. THE AREA WAS N ORMALLY VACANT AND CONTAINED DRUMS OF SOLVENT, OIL, AND LUBRICANT WHICH EMPLOYEE S OCCASIONALLY RETRIEVED. THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED DURING ONE SUCH RETRIEVAL. OF THE EIGHT HOSPITALIZED WORKERS FROM THE SHOP, ONLY ONE HAD INITIALLY TRIED TO FI GHT THE FIRE. THE OTHER SEVEN SUFFERED NAUSEA AND EYE AND/OR THROAT IRRITATION A FTER RETURNING TO THEIR WORK STATIONS AT 9 PM. (THEY HAD EVACUATED THE PLANT AT
Victims (8)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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