Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14554505 - POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE.

Accident Summary Nr: 14554505 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 10/16/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1884378	10/19/1984	7374	0	First Data Resources Inc

Abstract: ON OCT 16, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM, SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE SITTING AT PHONE CONSOLES TAKING INCOMING CUSTOMER CALLS. EMPLOYEE #5 BECAME NAUSEOUS AND COMPLAINED OF BURNING EYES, HEADACHE, AND DIZZINESS. THE EMPLOYEES NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ODOR, MOST LIKELY COMING THROUGH A VENTILATION DUCT. LATER INVESTIGATION OF THE FURNACE SYSTEM INDICATED A POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE, DUE TO THE FURNACE STACK BEING LOCATED CLOSE TO THE AIR INLET.

Keywords: EYE, FURNACE, DUCT, HEADACHE, INHALATION, DIZZINESS, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
2	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
3	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
4	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
5	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
6	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported
7	1884378	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Occupation not reported

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