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Accident Summary Nr: 173224.015 - One employee is found unresponsive and dies and another is f

Accident Summary Nr: 173224.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 01/03/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1796230.015	01/04/2025		238140	Eco-Polish Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 p.m. on January 3, 2025, Employee #1 was working for a masonry contractor and was using an electric handheld grinder to finish an installed concrete floor. A coworker was operating a propane-powered walk-behind floor grinder at the same time. Employee #1 was overcome by carbon monoxide, found unresponsive and passed away due to overexposure to carbon monoxide. The coworker was found semiconscious and hospitalized due to overexposure to carbon monoxide.

Keywords: Air Monitoring, Carbon Monoxide, Carboxyhemoglobin, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Concrete Floor, Construction, Construction vehicle, Engineering Controls, Gas, Grinder, Grinding, Grinding Machine, Inhalation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Loss of consciousness, Lost consciousness, Mason, Masonry, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Non-PEL Overexposure, Overcome by gas, Overexposure, Propane, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive, Ventilation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1796230.015	43	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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