OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550222
CENTRAL SOYA INC
CHATTANOOGA, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE FROM GAS BOILER
Investigation abstract
THE AUTOMATIC MODE OF A GAS-FIRED BOILER DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, PRODUCING CAR BON MONOXIDE FROM INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION. ONE OF TWO ROOF EXHAUST FANS, LOCATED O VER THE BOILERS, WAS DOWN FOR REPAIR. CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKED INTO THE AIR CONDIT IONED CONTROL ROOM, WHERE AIR IS TOTALLY RECIRCULATED. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE ROOM AND COLLAPSED OUTSIDE. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS NOT IN THE CONTROL ROOM AS MUCH AS EMPLO YEE #1, BUT DID BECOME SICK. BOTH EMPLOYEES WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WA S HOSPITALIZED, WHILE EMPLOYEE #2 WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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