OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388052
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,PPE,TRUCK CRANE,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,POISONING,TOXIC FUMES,UNTRAINED,CARBON MONOXIDE
Event description
Employee without ppe dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Crackall, model 660, truck crane to unplug a cone-sh aped dust bin by inserting a 136 in. long by 3 in. diameter metal finger into th e valve opening in the bottom of the dust bin. He was overcome by carbon monoxid e and died. His carboxyhemoglobin level was found to be 72 percent. Employee #1 was not provided with ppe and he had not received any information or training on carbon monoxide, as required by 1910.1200.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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