WORKER DIES FROM EXPOSURE TO DICHLOROMETHANE

摘要

A 62-year-old paint maker died from exposure to dichloromethane (methylene chloride) while using a paint stripper to clean the inside of a tank. The victim was working alone in the tank -which was not properly vented - and was never trained on entering a confined space. However, the company the victim worked for had a written confined space program that classified the tank involved in the incident as a permit-required confined space.