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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851444

VENTILATION,EMERGENCY RESPONSE,PACKING HOUSE,WORK RULES,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,EXHAUST FUMES,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,OVEREXPOSURE,CARBON MONOXIDE

Event
VENTILATION,EMERGENCY RESPONSE,PACKING HOUSE,WORK RULES,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,EXHAUST FUMES,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,OVEREXPOSURE,CARBON MONOXIDE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
851444
Report ID
521100

Event description

Employees suffer carbon monoxide exposure from lift truck

Investigation abstract

Workers in a vegetable packaging plant became ill near the end of their shift. O of the incident, two electric trucks had failed and were replaced by propane-po wered lift trucks. n their own initiative, some of the workers went to the hospital, where their bl ood carboxyhemoglobin levels were found to be 15 to 20 percent. An emergency squ ad and police were dispatched to the plant to retrieve the remaining employees. Workers who had gone home were later contacted and told to go to the hospital. I n all, 12 workers went to the hospital; Employees #1 through #10 were held for p eriods varying from 3 to 10 hours. Employees #11 and #12 had only a blood test. The work area is not well ventilated. Normally, only electric lift trucks are us ed in this area, although this rule is not well enforced or followed. On the day

Victims (12)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #10 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #11 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #12 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #2 Hospitalized Age 30 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #3 Hospitalized Age 35 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #4 Hospitalized Age 30 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  8. #5 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  9. #6 Hospitalized Age 20 F

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  10. #7 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  11. #8 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

  12. #9 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    17
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    8
    Source
    19
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    7
    Hazardous substance
    0560
    Task assigned
    1

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