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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491211

VENTILATION,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,INHALATION,CHEMICAL VAPOR,POISONING,OVEREXPOSURE,WATER HEATER,CARBON MONOXIDE

Event
VENTILATION,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,INHALATION,CHEMICAL VAPOR,POISONING,OVEREXPOSURE,WATER HEATER,CARBON MONOXIDE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14491211
Report ID
214500

Event description

Nine employees hospitalized after inhaling carbon monoxide

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m., Employees #1 through #9 began to experience slight to severe heada ches. At 12 noon, police ambulances were called. The employees were taken to Riv erside and Hackensack Hospitals, where their blood carbon monoxide levels read a s high as 17 percent. The gas utility was called in at 12:30 p.m. and recommende d that the building be evacuated. The utility tested for natural gas and carbon monoxide, but found none. It also examined one of two water heaters in the immed iate area and shut it down. The flue pipe on the roof was rusty and the burners were not burning efficiently.

Victims (9)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 57 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 39 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #8 Hospitalized Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #9 Hospitalized Age 28 F

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

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