OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437693
MARK III CORPORATION
SODA SPRINGS, ID·
Event description
Employees hospitalized after exposure to carbon monoxide
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #4 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. After exposure to the carbon monoxide, the employees began to exp erience nausea and disorientation and were hospitalized. There were no fatalitie s.
Victims (5)
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 44 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.