OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002104
MERCY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
DES MOINES, IA·
Event description
Employee exposed to gasoline fumes
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was overcome when exposed to gasoline fumes while performing cardio- pulmonary resuscitation and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He incurred additional exposure while transporting the patient to the hospital in a helicopter. Employ ee #1 passed out upon return to the emergency room, and he was described as bein g hallucinatory and confused. He was revived with the administration of oxygen a nd subsequently hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 208
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1340
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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