OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #705111
SOUTHERN MARYLAND NEWSPAPER GROUP
WALDORF, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #7 WERE EMPLOYED IN A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING WHICH HAD POOR AIR CIRCULATION. PROPANE POWERED FORKLIFTS BEING OPERATED NEARBY APPARENTLY WERE NOT TUNED PROPERLY AND EMITTED CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES. THE SEVEN EMPLOYEES EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION AND WERE HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (7)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 734
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 20 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 29 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 754
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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