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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722272

ASPHYXIATED,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,CARBON MONOXIDE,INATTENTION

Event
ASPHYXIATED,AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR,CARBON MONOXIDE,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
722272
Report ID
521700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED, TWO HOSPITALIZED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE

Investigation abstract

On January 1, 1986, Employee #1 and two other part-time or occasional employees of an auto repair shop were celebrating the holidays after the shop closed. A va n was left running inside the garage while the doors were closed. After being ov ercome by carbon monoxide, Employee #1 died and two other employees were hospita lized.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    25
    Event type
    8
    Source
    44
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    7
    Task assigned
    2

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