OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388052
STEIN, INC.
LORAIN, OH·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- LUNG (28)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- FIRE/SMOKE (16)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.