OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #914267
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,INADEQUATE MAINT,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,POISONING,TOXIC FUMES,OVEREXPOSURE,CARBON MONOXIDE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 715
- Human factor
- 16
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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