OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14210157
RESPIRATORY,VENTILATION,WAREHOUSE,HEADACHE,INHALATION,NAUSEA,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PROPANE,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,CARBON MONOXIDE
Event description
OVEREXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD STORAGE ROOM OF A BEER WAREHOUSE. THE SOURCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE WAS PROPANE POWERED FORK LIFTS. THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NAUSEA, HEADACHE, AND THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. HE WAS REMOVED TO FRESH AIR AND AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED. OXYGEN WAS ADMINISTERED. MORE THAN TWO HOURS AFTER THE EVENT BLOOD WAS DRAWN AT THE HOS PITAL. CARBOXY HEMOGLOBIN WAS MEASURED AT 23.5. SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE CARBON MO NOXIDE LEVEL WAS MONITORED AT 260 PPM IN THE SAME COLD STORAGE ROOM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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