Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170035646 - Employees become ill after inhaling carbon monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 170035646 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 03/14/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123175275	03/14/1994	4731	0	Custom Carrier

Abstract: Between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on March 14, 1994, Employees #1 through #3, working towmotors in a dock area, began to suffer headaches, nausea, and syncope. They were transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, two in an ambulance and one by car. The following day Employees #4 through #8 went to the hospital as a precaution when their colormetric badges for carbon monoxide changed to black. The medical report from Yale New Haven Hospital showed the carboxyhemoglobin levels of all the employees exceeding 30 percent.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HEADACHE, INHALATION, NAUSEA, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
2	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
3	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
4	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
5	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Secretaries
6	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
7	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
8	123175275	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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