OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255426
MILLENNIUM GARMENT, INC.
AULANDER, NC·
Event description
Employees become ill from carbon monoxide fumes
Investigation abstract
While sewing children's dresses and sportswear, Employees #1 through #6, machine as not possible. operators and general laborers in a sewing plant, began to suffer headaches, na usea, and weakness. At the local hospital, examination findings were negative an d the employees were sent home. Investigation of the incident revealed that the lpg-fired boiler was probably the emission source of carbon monoxide. The fumes may have entered the work area through openings around the roof eaves on the sou th (rear) side of the building. The investigation, including atmospheric testing and medical examinations, did not reveal or establish overexposure to any toxic substance. Reconstructing the conditions existing at the time of the incident w
Victims (6)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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