OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221732241

ECO-POLISH LLC

ALMONT, MI— 2025-01-03T00:00:00

Event: Air Monitoring, Carbon Monoxide, Carboxyhemoglobin, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Concrete Floor, Construction, Construction vehicle, Engineering Controls, Gas, Grinder, Grinding, Grinding Machine, Inhalation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Mason, Masonry, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Non-PEL Overexposure, Overcome by gas, Overexposure, Propane, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive, Ventilation
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347962300
Employer profile: ECO-POLISH LLC
Summary number: 221732241
Report ID: 0552651
Project type: B
Construction end-use: H

Event description

One employee is found unresponsive and dies and another is f

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 p.m. on January 3, 2025, Employee #1 was working for a masonry contractor and was using an electric handheld grinder to finish an installed concrete floor. A coworker was operating a propane-powered walk-behind floor grinder at the same time. Employee #1 was overcome by carbon monoxide, found unresponsive and passed away due to overexposure to carbon monoxide. The coworker was found semiconscious and hospitalized due to overexposure to carbon monoxide.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
8

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