Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eastern Vault Co., Inc., 460 Courthouse Road, PRINCETON, WEST VIRGINIA 24740
on — Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
While working in a block house where concrete blocks were being manufactured, employees became lightheaded due to potential carbon monoxide exposure. One of them was hospitalized for high carboxyhemoglobin level resulting in headache and mild delirium.
An employee squatted down to observe a non-working conveyor roller. His gloved left index finger was caught in a rotating chain underneath resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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 stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the wood got jammed. While clearing the jam, the wood moved forward and his left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.
An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.
An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.