Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14262554 - Employees exposed to carbon monoxide emitting from buffer

Accident Summary Nr: 14262554 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 05/11/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115945651	05/14/1992	5411	0	Save-A-Lot

Abstract: A defective propane-fired 5 hp floor buffer used in a Save-a-Lot grocery store was emitting high levels of carbon monoxide. Employees' carboxyhemoglobin levels elevated to 17 1/2 then to 23 percent approximately 2 to 3 hours after initial exposure. Employees #1, #2, and #3 were treated at the hospital emergency room. They were released when their carboxyhemoglobin levels returned to 3 to 5 percent; they returned to work the next day. The buffer was sent out for repair. It was emitting more than 230 ppm of carbon monoxide. A properly functioning buffer emits only 0 to 2 ppm.

Keywords: AIR CONTAMINATION, CARBON MONOXIDE, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115945651	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Cashiers
2	115945651	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Cashiers
3	115945651	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Cashiers

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