Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Xytex Cryo International, LTD., 1100 Emmett St., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30904
on — Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was responding to an emergency call after a liquid nitrogen leak at a laboratory. When the employee entered the lab to close the valves, the employee inhaled nitrogen, suffering hypoxia and loss of consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.
An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.
An employee was storing away a hospital bed in a warehouse when the bed collapsed and his left little finger got caught in the metal frame, resulting in a laceration to the fingertip that required hospitalization and a surgical amputation.
A person donated plasma. Before leaving, their pepper spray accidentally discharged in the office and caused a chemical reaction. An employee was performing phlebotomy and sustained a seizure.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.