OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997023
VENTILATION,WAREHOUSE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PROPANE,CARBON MONOXIDE
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES FROM ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION
Investigation abstract
From 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on October 1, 1989, Employee #1 and Employee #2 wer ent. The corner documented cause of death for Employee #1 was from acute myocard ial infraction and not related to CO exposure. e working in an unventilated 32,900 cubic foot warehouse periodically operating a propane powered forklift truck. Employee #1 and Employee #2 then left and drov e five miles to a parking lot and at 12:20 p.m. Employee # 1 passed out sufferin g a cardiopulmonary arrest and died. At 1:10 p.m. Employee #1 and Employee #2 ha d their arterial blood gas taken which showed 16.2 percent Coh6. At 3:30 p.m. Em ployee #2 was admitted to a hospital and treated with oxygen therapy. A second b lood gas test of Employee #2 showed 14.4 percent Coh6. At 4:00 p.m. a detector t ube probe of the forklift truck showed a CO emission concentration of three perc
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 2
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