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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 101791.015 - Employee Is Hospitalized From Carbon Monoxide Exposure

**Accident: 101791.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 12/26/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1285366.015	12/28/2017		Belgioioso Cheese, Inc.

At 5:30 p.m. on December 26, 2017, Employee #1 was performing cheese analyses ev ery 45 minutes and creating the associated reports in the In-Process Lab. Unbekn ownst to the employee, a boiler combustion chamber weld had cracked, releasing h igh levels of carbon monoxide into the Boiler Room, and the carbon monoxide gas had also traveled into the In-Process Lab, where the employee was working. The e mployee was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide, causing light headiness, nausea, headache, ringing in ears, sweating, confusion and hand-eye coordination issues. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a carboxyhemoglobin level of 27.4%.

Keywords: boiler, carbon monoxide, carboxyhemoglobin, dizziness, headache, nausea, toxic fumes

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1285366.015	30	F	Hospitalized injury		Production samplers and weighers

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