Other oxygen deficiency, n.e.c. · Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Explosive Ordnance Technologies Inc., Hudson River Buoy #39, WEST POINT, NEW YORK 10996
on — Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
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Final narrative
A dive team was attempting to investigate a target of interest near a buoy. After all pre-dive checks, the diver was given clearance to descend. He followed the marker buoy line to the bottom. When he arrived at the bottom, he lost the marker line and ascended back to the surface. Once he found the proper marker, he descended again to the bottom. He was not able to breathe with his breathing apparatus and lost communication with the dive master. When he was pulled to the surface, he was not breathing and required hospitalization.
An employee was servicing a bypass feeder system. The system released hot water onto the employee, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his face, chest, right arm, and both hands.
An employee was cleaning a formic acid hose with water when formic acid splashed his right shoulder, both arms, and his face under his face shield. He was hospitalized.
A driver had just climbed out of a truck. He stepped back to close the door and his foot went into a low spot on the ground. He fell backward onto an incline, rolled, and suffered a compound fracture to the wrist. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was walking between two tanks when he stepped into a sump pit that was missing its metal grate. His leg was submerged in sulfuric acid, and he suffered chemical burns to the lower part of his right foot. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was delivering pool chemicals from a tanker truck when the pipe connection broke. The employee sustained chemical burns from the sodium hypochlorite.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.