105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413454

VENTILATION,WORK RULES,INHALATION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,EXHAUST FUMES,POISONING,CARBON MONOXIDE

Event
VENTILATION,WORK RULES,INHALATION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,EXHAUST FUMES,POISONING,CARBON MONOXIDE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14413454
Report ID
627400

Event description

Five employees suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 through #5 were using a Toyota propane-powered forklift to move fro zen products from a malfunctioning freezer to an operational one. The five emplo yees, who were working in a semi-confined space, all began to suffer he effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. They were treated overnight at a local hospital an d released.

Victims (5)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    8
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    8
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    8
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    8
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1
  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    8
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.