Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1242569 - Consolidated Freightways-Motor Freightways

Inspection Information - Office: Chicago South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1242569

Report ID: 0521700

Date Opened: 09/19/1985

Site Address:
Consolidated Freightways-Motor Freightways
7101 S. Cicero Avenue
Chicago, IL 60680

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:4213

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 09/20/1985

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/21/1986

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360546022

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14386031

Event: 09/18/1985

Thirteen employees inhale creosote vapors; two hospitalized

Employees #1 through #13 were in the vicinity when a forklift truck punctured a 55-gallon container of creosote, causing vapors to spread throughout the area. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized; Employees #3 through #13 were treated and released. This accident proved to be neither a fatality nor a catastrophe as defined by Section 8, viii-1 of the field operations manual.

Keywords: VAPOR, VENTILATION, INHALATION, RUPTURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, CREOSOTE, CHEMICAL VAPOR, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
3	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
4	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
5	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
6	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
7	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
8	1242569	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
9	1242569	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
10	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
11	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
12	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
13	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
14	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
15	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
16	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
17	1242569	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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