OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827931
RESPIRATORY,VENTILATION,WORK RULES,BOILER,INHALATION,EXHAUST FUMES,POISONING,CARBON MONOXIDE
Event description
Employee dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
On February 7, 1990, Employee #1 was replacing a faulty temperature probe while under a tarpaulin that had been placed over a tee bed filled with concrete (20 t o 30 T, 200 ft long). Steam, hot air, and exhaust gases from a boiler burner wer e used to keep the concrete's temperature at 160 degrees F. At around 10:00 a.m. , a coworker who could have been making a temperature check discovered and attem pted to revive Employee #1. Sixty-six percent CO-Hb was found in the employee's blood.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 17
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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