OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388763

SMITH EQUIPMENT & LEASING INC.

MANSFIELD, OH· 1988-01-07T00:00:00

Event: RESPIRATORY, VENTILATION, WORK RULES, INHALATION, TOXIC FUMES, CARBON MONOXIDE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101327070
Employer profile: SMITH EQUIPMENT & LEASING INC.
Summary number: 14388763
Report ID: 524700

Event description

EIGHT EMPLOYEES IN GARAGE EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEES #1-8 WERE TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AFTER LEAVING WORK. SI X WERE HOSPITALIZED. THEY HAD BEEN IN AN UNVENTILATED GARAGE TUNING UP YARD TRAC TORS. THE GARAGE WAS 100 FEET LONG AND 60 FEET WIDE, AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO 1 1 BY 16 FEET OVERHEAD DOORS.

Victims (8)

#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#4 Hospitalized Age 52 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#5 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#6 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#7 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M

Nature of injury
17

Part of body
28

Event type
8

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
7

Hazardous substance
0560

Task assigned
1

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