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Accident: 102204.015 - Many Employees Are Overcome By Carbon Monoxide
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1285828.015 | 01/03/2018 | Cleary Pallet Sales, Inc. |
At 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2018, three or five employees were among the workers working at a firm that manufactured pallets. The employees were performing norma l work functions. These involved repairing and repurposing wooden pallets. Janua ry 2 was one of the coldest days of the year. On that day, their employer was op erating forklift trucks inside a building with poor ventilation. The trucks were in need of repair. The employees were exposed to levels of carbon monoxide in t he work place in excess of ten times the permissible exposure limit. They sustai ned carbon monoxide poisoning from multiple sources. Somewhere from three to fiv e employees were sent to emergency rooms for treatment for exposure to carbon mo noxide.
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1285828.015 | 50 | F | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |