Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133818.015 - Employee is killed by carbon monoxide poisoning

Accident Summary Nr: 133818.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 03/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1518140.015	03/02/2021		115310	Blue Tent Farms, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on March 2, 2021, Employee #1 worked alone performing duties of a goat herdsman. Employee #1 put up fence netting and moved goats from one area to another to graze for fire fuels management. The employee resided in housing provided by the employer in a recreational vehicle trailer, a Coachman RV Trailer. The employer provided generators for charging batteries, which power the Coachman RV trailer housing. After finishing work for the day, Employee #1 brought inside his trailer the employer provided generator, a Predator 2000 Inverter Generator. Employee #1 plugged his cellphone charger to the plugin outlet of the Predator 2000 Inverter Generator to charge his cellphone at night. The employee went to sleep with the generator running inside the trailer with the windows closed. One window was cracked less than 2 inches open. The employee was found by a coworker the next morning dead. The generator had ran out of fuel, stopped working when employee was found the next morning by a coworker. Employee #1 was killed by asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Battery, Carbon Monoxide, Electric Generator, Trailer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1518140.015	37	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.