OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #914770
VENTILATION,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,TOXIC ATMOSPHERE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,EXHAUST FUMES,CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN,POISONING,OVEREXPOSURE,CARBON MONOXIDE
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
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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