Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 151286.015 - Employee Is Killed By Carbon Monoxide Asphyxiation From Exha

Accident Summary Nr: 151286.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 11/09/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1633734.015	11/10/2022		237990	Young'S General Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:54 p.m. on November 9, 2022, an employee and two coworkers were using gasoline powered two inch dewatering pump to remove standing water from a 54 inch culvert. When the employee did not come out of the culvert in the expected time frame, he was found unconscious and unresponsive inside the culvert. The employee was killed by asphyxiation due to high carbon monoxide concentrations inside the culvert due to the pump's exhaust fumes.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Carbon Monoxide, Confined Space, Engine, Exhaust Fumes, Gas, Gasoline, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Poisoning, Pump, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive, Ventilation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1633734.015	34	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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