Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102112.015 - Two employees suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning

Accident Summary Nr: 102112.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 12/27/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1287077.015	01/05/2018		561740	Stanley Steemer International, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on December 27, 2017, Employee #1 and #2, along with a coworker, were cleaning the floor of a garage using two trucks. After approximately two hours, the two employees began to feel nauseous, light headed and weak. The gasoline powered cleaning equipment motors inside the trucks had been running with the garage doors closed for the two hours. The two employees were exposed to carbon monoxide from the engines and suffered CO poisoning as a result. Both employees were hospitalized for two or more days.

Keywords: Carbon Monoxide, Cleaning, Confined Space, Dizziness, Engine, Nausea, Poisoning, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1287077.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners
2	1287077.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Janitors and cleaners

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