Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14355846 - Employee repairing car dies of carbon monoxide poisoning

Accident Summary Nr: 14355846 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 03/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121917496	03/21/1996	6022	0	Advance Bancorp, Inc.

Abstract: On March 15, 1996, Employee #1 stayed after normal working hours at a bank and attempted to repair his car. At 7:30 a.m. the next morning, coworkers found him sitting in the car, which was parked inside a garage. The car's ignition was on but it was out of gas and was not running. Employee #1 had been asphyxiated by carbon monoxide from the car's exhaust. An autopsy found that his blood had a carboxyhemoglobin level of 66.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, REPAIR, VENTILATION, WORK RULES, INHALATION, EXHAUST FUMES, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN, POISONING, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121917496			Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported

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.