Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Name: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at THE BOEING COMPANY
Start: 9/20/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017099026 · 9/20/2017 · THE BOEING COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Cause

Event: Vehicle or machinery fire
Source: Battery-vehicle

Employer

Name: THE BOEING COMPANY
Location: 2600 N. Highway 94, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, 63301
NAICS: 336411
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was witnessing a vehicle test when a lithium-ion battery caught on fire. The employee inhaled smoke from the fire and chemical fumes from the halon extinguisher used to put out the fire.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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