OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #914770
C & K BOX COMPANY
JACKSON, MI·
Event description
Five employees overexposed to carbon monoxide
Investigation abstract
On the morning of February 13, 1989, an LPG lift truck was left idling inside th e pallet room in building #3 from approximately 7:15 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. There wa s no mechanical exhaust or supply ventilation in the building. The lift truck ha d been left idling because it could not be restarted without a jump from another battery. Employees #1 through #5, who were working in the pallet room, were ove rexposed to carbon monoxide. All five were transported by ambulance to a local h ospital and were given oxygen. Their initial carboxyhemoglobin levels ranged fro m 30 percent to 38 percent, and they were released after their carboxyhemoglobin results went below 10 percent.
Victims (5)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- BLOOD (25)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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