OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #914267
POSTELLI STEELFAB INC
COLOMA, MI·
Event description
Employee suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 became ill shortly after arriving at work. Normal machining, pressin trucks were poorly turned. Attempts were being made to correct poor maintenance. g of metal, and lift truck activity was underway. Employee #1 was working in the center of the press room where, apparently, a green Clark lift truck was emitti ng considerable smoke. Employee #1 left work and went to the hospital, where he spent the night. A representative of the hospital stated that Employee #1 was tr eated for a carboxyhemoglobin concentration of less than 20 percent. (The repres entative stated that the level was exactly 20 percent while the written report s aid less than 20 percent.) An investigation the day of and the day after the inc ident did not determine an excessive exposure to carbon monoxide, although lift
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- GASES (19)
- Occupation
- Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's (715)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/EXPOS/BIOLOGCL MNTRG. (16)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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