OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550131
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICALS CO
COLUMBIA, TN·
Event description
Employee dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
Between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. on February 28, 1987, Employee #1, a line operator, a wearing an air-supplied respirator. The work area was designated as a potential carbon monoxide exposure area. nd five coworkers were working on the #1 furnace in the conveyor area, cleaning off excess burden spillage on and around the conveyor system. The #1 furnace (ph osphorus) had been shut down on February 2, 1987, and blocked off the night befo re the accident for maintenance and cleanup work. Between 7:20 and 7:30 a.m., Em ployee #1 was cleaning underneath the #2 tail-end feedback conveyor when coworke rs noticed that he was experiencing physical problems. CPR was administered, but Employee #1 had died. According to the medical examiner, the cause of death was overexposure to carbon monoxide. At the time of his death, Employee #1 was not
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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