Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14210173 - 64 EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO SMALL AMOUNTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE

Accident Summary Nr: 14210173 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 03/06/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2807030	03/14/1986	9311	0	Baltimore City Dept. Of Social Services

Abstract: ON MARCH THIRD, 1986, HIGH WINDS CAUSED A DOWNDRAFT WHICH ALLOWED EXHAUST GAS FROM A FURNACE TO ENTER THE FOURTH FLOOR WORKING AREA OF A CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDING. 64 EMPLOYEES COMPLAINED OF SMELLING "OIL" FUMES, AND OF EXPERIENCING SUCH SYMPTOMS AS HEADACHE AND NAUSEA. MANY ALSO EXPERIENCED SYMPTONS NOT RELATED TO CARBON MONOXIDE INHALATION. OF THE 64 EMPLOYESS, ABOUT 23 HAD THEIR CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVELS CHECKED. AREA MONITORING FOR CARBON MONOXIDE ON THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED CO LEVELS OF FROM SIX TO EIGHT PARTS PER MILLION. MONITORING SINCE THE INCIDENT HAS NOT REVEALED ANY SIGNIFICANT CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS. THE INCIDENT APPEARS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF MASS PSYCHOGENIC ILLNESS. ALL 64 EMPLOYEES FILED WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIMS. 12 WERE TREATED AT THE HYBERBARIC MEDICINE UNIT FOR PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS. TREATMENT WAS BASED ON PSYCHO-MOTOR TESTS AND NOT CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVELS.

Keywords: FURNACE, RESPIRATORY, VENTILATION, HEADACHE, INHALATION, NAUSEA, EXHAUST FUMES, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN, TOXIC FUMES, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
2	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
3	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
4	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
5	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
6	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
7	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
8	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
9	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
10	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
11	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
12	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
13	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
14	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
15	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
16	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
17	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
18	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
19	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
20	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
21	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
22	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
23	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
24	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
25	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
26	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
27	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
28	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
29	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
30	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
31	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
32	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
33	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
34	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
35	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
36	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
37	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
38	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
39	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
40	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
41	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
42	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
43	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
44	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
45	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
46	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
47	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
48	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
49	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
50	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
51	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
52	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
53	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
54	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
55	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
56	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
57	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
58	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
59	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
60	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
61	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
62	2807030	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
63	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks
64	2807030	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Records clerks

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