Four Intel workers were treated by emergency services on Sunday after they complained of an unknown stench at the company’s Aloha manufacturing facility.
According to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue spokesperson Stefan Myers, the four had minor respiratory problems. According to Myers, agency staff transported the four to a hospital for additional assessment, but he was unaware of their status on Monday.
According to Myers, a hazardous material team looked for the source of the odor but was unable to locate it.
According to him, it was unclear what could have caused the symptoms.
Intel acknowledged the incident in a brief statement but did not address if the incident had affected operations in Aloha or provide an update on the workers’ status.
Our first concern is the community’s and our employees’ health and safety. Eleonora Akopyan, a representative for Intel, reported that an odor was found at the Aloha facility on Sunday morning. The hazardous materials crew and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue arrived quickly.
In 1976, Intel opened its first location in Oregon at Aloha. It carries out some of the last steps in the production of semiconductors and houses some administrative tasks.
Over the course of the industry’s 50 years in Oregon, there have been multiple accidents involving the exposure of workers to hazardous materials or the spilling of toxic waste, as all semiconductor fabrication requires caustic and possibly harmful chemicals.
Most significantly, a $17,400 state penalty was imposed on the company that hired an Intel contractor after the contractor was crushed inside a manufacturing tool in 2017.
–Mike Rogoway writes on the business and technology in Oregon. His email address is [email protected].
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