OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515928
DISCOUNT BOAT TOPS INC
LARGO, FL—
Event description
EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY ASPHYXIATED WHILE GLUING CARPETING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 DIED WHILE HE WAS GLUING CARPETING IN A BOAT. HE WAS USING AN AIR-PU RIFYING RESPIRATOR WHILE HE GLUED. ALTHOUGH AN AUTOPSY REPORT WAS NOT AVAILABLE, IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASPHYXIATED. THE TOXIC CHEMICALS BEING USED MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF DEATH IS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ILL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 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
- 1730
- Task assigned
- 1
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