OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221502768
MPW INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
RICHMOND, VA—
Event description
Employee is killed by chemical exposure
Investigation abstract
At 10:25 p.m. on May 26, 2022, an employee along with two coworkers were using a high-pressure hydroblaster to break up and clean up a spill of solidified polymer that contained m-Phenylenediamine. The clean-up task took six hours after which the employee went home. On May 27, the employee was found in his personal residence unresponsive and taken to a local hospital, where he died on May 28, 2022, due to methemoglobinemia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Event type
- 10
- Occupation code
- 7027
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