OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414791
VENTILATION,WORK RULES,INHALATION,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,CHEMICAL VAPOR,POISONING,OVEREXPOSURE,CARBON MONOXIDE
Event description
Twelve employees hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 6, 1986, Employees #1 through #12, who w about 1:40 p.m. Workers were not allowed back on the job until December 9. This was when exposure monitoring was conducted, followed by immediate reduction of c arbon monoxide levels to below the permissible exposure limit with dilation vent ilation. orked in the final assembly area, were taken to St. John's Mercy Hospital. They were diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning, with blood carboxyhemoglobin leve ls ranging from 21.8 percent to 25.7 percent. First on the scene were St. Louis County Police Department personnel. Then a crew of Coeur Fire Department paramed ics arrived and treated Employees #1 through #12 before taking them to the hospi tal. An official from the St. Louis County Health Department was summoned to che ck the work area for carbon monoxide. The accident was reported to OSHA at appro ximately 10:00 a.m. on December 8, 1986. An investigation began the same day at
Victims (12)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#10 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#11 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#12 Hospitalized Age 22 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 33 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 17 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 45 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 43 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#9 Hospitalized Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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