DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-02-19ChannahonIllinoisT.A.C., INC.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to other harmful substances
An employee was on top of a trailer inside a wash bay area, loosening bolts to the trailer's open dome lid. The employee was found on top of the tanker unconscious and was hospitalized for respiratory failure and cardiac arrest due to toluene exposure.
2019-01-16WaterfordNew YorkBWD Steel Inc.BODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was operating a crane and experienced respiratory distress caused by exposure to toluene vapors. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-03-08FriendlyWest VirginiMPM Silicones LLCBODY SYSTEMSExposure to other harmful substances
On March 8, 2015, at approximately 8:08 p.m., an employee disconnected a hose from a cylinder of allyl alcohol. He carried the hose to an area and began cleaning the hose with toluene when he experienced shortness of breath. An air evacuation was requested and the employee was air lifted to the hospital and hospitalized for chest pains.