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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554505

EYE,FURNACE,DUCT,HEADACHE,INHALATION,DIZZINESS,CARBON MONOXIDE

Event
EYE,FURNACE,DUCT,HEADACHE,INHALATION,DIZZINESS,CARBON MONOXIDE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14554505
Report ID
728900

Event description

POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE.

Investigation abstract

ON OCT 16, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM, SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE SITTING AT PHONE CONSOLES TAKING INCOMING CUSTOMER CALLS. EMPLOYEE #5 BECAME NAUSEOUS AND COMPLA INED OF BURNING EYES, HEADACHE, AND DIZZINESS. THE EMPLOYEES NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ODOR, MOST LIKELY COMING THROUGH A VENTILATION DUCT. LATER INVESTIGATION OF THE FURNACE SYSTEM INDICATED A POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE, DUE TO THE FURNACE STACK BEING LOCATED CLOSE TO THE AIR INLET.

Victims (7)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

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