Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14540173 - EXPOSURE TO STYRENE VAPOR AND HEAT

Accident Summary Nr: 14540173 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 06/07/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
959577	06/08/1984	3851	0	Univis Frame
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
924563	06/08/1984	3499	0	A Greenhalgh Company Inc

Abstract: STYRENE POLYESTER RESIN WAS BEING APPLIED TO FIBERGLASS CLOTH TO LINE STEEL TANKS IN THE POLLUTION CONTROL ROOM BY AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR, A. GREENHALGH CO. INC., 19 MENDON AVE., PAWTUCKET, R. I. TEL. (401) 723-3528. (PLATING TANK WASTE WATER IS TREATED PRIOR TO BEING DISCHARGED TO THE SEWER.) THE DOOR TO THE MAIN PLANT FROM THE POLLUTION CONTROL ROOM WAS OPENED BY THE PLANT ELECTRICIAN. SINCE THE PLANT IS UNDER NEGATIVE PRESSURE, STYRENE VAPORS FILLED THE PRODUCTION AREA. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. SEVENTEEN EMPLOYEES WERE TAKEN TO STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM COMPLAINING OF HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, AND EYE IRRITATION AFTER WAITING OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. FIBERGLASS OPERATIONS WERE CEASED TEMPORAILY AND FANS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VENTILATED THE AREA.

Keywords: DIZZINESS, STYRENE, POLYESTER RESIN, EYE, HEAT, VAPOR, HEADACHE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
2	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
3	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
4	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
5	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
6	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
7	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
8	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
9	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
10	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
11	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
12	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
13	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
14	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
15	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
16	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
17	959577	Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Occupation not reported
18	924563			Occupation Not Listed

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