Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865455 - Employee suffers from carbon monoxide exposure

Accident Summary Nr: 170865455 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 01/12/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125866723	01/15/1998	3531	0	Kaiser Cement Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 had been cleaning at the fifth level of an open-sided steel tower for about 1 1/2 hours when he became ill from carbon monoxide exposure. He was transported to hospital, where he was treated and released. A weather pattern had created an inversion layer over the plant that prevented vented waste gases and fumes from dissipating in the upper atmosphere. These gases became trapped and concentrated in a downward moving layer of air until they reached Employee #1, who was working 70 ft above the ground. A coworker cleaning 10 to 12 ft below him was not affected.

Keywords: VAPOR, CLEANING, INHALATION, GAS, AIR CONTAMINATION, CHEMICAL VAPOR, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125866723			Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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