OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420185

AURORA COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR CO

GIBBON, NE· 2021-12-10T00:00:00

Event: Carbon Monoxide, Engineering Controls, Exhaust Fumes, Inadequate Maint, Industrial Truck, Inhalation, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Poisoning, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Supervision, Ventilation, Warehouse
NAICS: 424510
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345691802
Employer profile: AURORA COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR CO
Summary number: 221420185
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee becomes ill from exposure to forklift exhaust

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on December 10, 2021, an employee operating a forklift while organizing a warehouse when he became ill. The employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide emitted from the forklift.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M

Event type
8

Occupation code
365

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