Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14258693 - Employees overexposed to carbon monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 14258693 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 10/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122027345	10/17/1997	7389	0	J.L. Uhrich Company, Inc.

Abstract: On October 16, 1997, Employees #1 through #13 and coworkers, of a telemarketing company, were exposed to carbon monoxide from the operation of a gasoline-powered cutting saw by a contractor in the multi-tenant building in which they were working. The area where the cutting saw was operating shared a plenum with the occupied working area. The workers were exposed to carbon monoxide at approximately half of the permissible exposure limit, and suffered from headache, nausea, and faintness. Approximately 35 employees were taken to local hospitals, and the carboxyhemoglobin test results indicated carbon monoxide exposure levels. None of the employees were admitted. An OSHA investigation on October 17, 1997, revealed that the contractor employee was not aware of the common plenum and did not properly judge the amount of ventilation required to prevent overexposure to the carbon monoxide.

Keywords: VENTILATION, HEADACHE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, NAUSEA, EXHAUST FUMES, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN, CHEMICAL VAPOR, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
4	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
5	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
6	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
7	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
8	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
9	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
10	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
11	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
12	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
13	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
14	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
15	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
16	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
17	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
18	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
19	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
20	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
21	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
22	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
23	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
24	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
25	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
26	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
27	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
28	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
29	122027345	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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