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Accident Summary Nr: 105368.015 - Employee is overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning and is hos

Accident Summary Nr: 105368.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 04/29/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1314491.015	05/08/2018		332322	Gestamp Wind Towers Us, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on April 29, 2018, an employee was working from an elevated working platform while welding on a wind tower. The slag emptied into a square funnel or sawhopper that was located below the scaffold and a coworker had thrown some trash into the hopper that began to smoke. The employee suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and low level oxygen levels. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Carbon Monoxide, Elevated Work Plat, Inhalation, Poisoning, Smoke, Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1314491.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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