OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300560
MAUI INTER CONTINENTAL WAILEA HOTEL
KIHEI, HI·
Event description
Employee dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a trash compactor room after the hotel's emergency generator in the adjacent room was tested. It appeared that high levels of carbon monoxid e had entered the compactor room from an 8 ft by 12 ft space above the roll up d oor. Employee #1 was found unconscious on the ramp to the compactor approximatel y 20 minutes after the emergency generator was shut down. He died. Six employees who administered CPR were treated and released. In addition, one fire fighter a nd two paramedics were treated. Initially, it was thought that Employee #1 suffe red a heart attack; however, the autopsy showed high concentrations of carboxyhe moglobin in the employee's body. No damage to the heart was found.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 449
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 426
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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