OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14538623
MORRIS FOREMAN WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
LOUISVILLE, KY—
Event description
EXPOSED TO STYRENE AND TOLUENE FROM RAW SEWAGE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 ENTERED THE SEWAGE SCREEN AND GRIT BUILDING TO EXAMINE THE S CREENS AND TO REPLACE A SHEAR PIN IN THE #4 BAR SCREEN. THEY NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ODOR IN THE BUILDING AND LEFT TO CALL EMPLOYEE #3, WHO WAS THEIR SUPERVISOR. WHE N EMPLOYEE #3 HAD ARRIVED AT THE BUILDING AND VERIFIED THE PROBLEM, HE PLACED A CALL TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AS REQUIRED BY COMPANY POLICY, EMPLOYEE #3'S SUPERVISOR THEN CALLED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE SUPERVISOR DETERMIN ED THAT STYRENE AND TOLUENE WERE PRESENT IN THE RAW SEWAGE. EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF THEIR EXPOSURE.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2280
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2280
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2280
- Task assigned
- 1
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