Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Metallized Carbon Corp., 19 South Water Street, OSSINING, NEW YORK 10562
on — Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was repairing an oven that contained atmospheric gases (hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and sulfur) to prevent burning product. The employee was overcome by carbon monoxide gas and was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was loading a machine with powder when the machine activated, the punch came down, and their right hand was caught. The employee's fingers were amputated.
Two employees were lowering a large, round carbon part (weighing about 75 pounds) from a lathe using an engine lift and strap. They stopped lowering it about 6 inches from the floor. The part then slipped from the strap and trapped one employee's little finger against the floor. The corner of the part amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was checking the setup of a die casting machine when the lower punch broke into pieces. The broken pieces struck and punctured the employee's skin in multiple places on his torso and arms.
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 responding to a maintenance call about a snake outside a building. As the employee tried to kill the rattlesnake, it bit the employee twice. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was in the warehouse helping to troubleshoot a bagging machine. The machine's anvil activated and the employee's left middle finger was crushed by the bottom sealing bar. The fingertip was medically amputated at the last joint.
An employee was accessing a rotary airlock to clean it out when their fingers were caught by the star valve as it was rotating. The employee sustained amputations of their left middle and ring fingers.
An employee was setting up for operations on a centerless plunge grinder. The machine's cutting wheel lacerated the top of the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a machine with powder when the machine activated, the punch came down, and their right hand was caught. The employee's fingers were amputated.
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.