OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437685
MONSANTO COMPANY
SODA SPRINGS, ID·
Event description
Employees hospitalized after exposure to carbon monoxide
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #8 were pouring a new roof for a furnace used to produce el emental phosphorus. Even though the furnace had been shut down for a few days, i t was still warm. Air currents generated carbon monoxide, which escaped through the open roof. The employees were exposed to the carbon monoxide and were hospit alized after developing symptoms such as nausea and disorientation. There were n o fatalities.
Victims (9)
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 30 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 31 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 32 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 33 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 35 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 36 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 40 Male
- Nature of injury
- Poisoning(Systemic) (17)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/RESPIRATORY PROCTECT (19)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
-
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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.