OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221368095
149515 - 3M COMPANY
MATTHEWS, NC·
Event description
Employee dies from inhaling carbon dioxide
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 noon on June 28, 2021, an employee was on a work-related errand to purchase dry ice from a local grocery store. The employee picked up 216 pounds of dry ice and transported it in the passenger compartment of her personal vehicle. The employee traveled approximately nine minutes, pulled into a nearby business, and did not exit the vehicle. The employee was found dead in the vehicle having been exposed to a fatal concentration of carbon dioxide.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 F
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
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