Ingestion of harmful substance · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valvoline Oil Change, 15 Spring Street, WEST ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS 02132
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee drank from an electrolyte solution bottle in the refrigerator that had been filled with degreaser. The employee became sick and was hospitalized.
While waiting to assist with delivering a transformer from a flatbed truck, an employee went to get a drink of water. He returned to the work area and set his water bottle down. He later went to take a drink and picked up a different bottle that contained denatured alcohol. The employee was hospitalized due to poisoning.
An employee was carrying a bottle of door seal solution containing sodium silicate. The employee bumped their arm, causing them to ingest the solution. The employee suffered from wheezing, nausea, and breathing difficulties.
An employee was siphoning degreaser from a 55-gallon drum. Some of the caustic solution entered his mouth and throat, causing burns. He was hospitalized.
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