Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200001816 - Several employees suffer carbon monoxide poisoning

Accident Summary Nr: 200001816 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 05/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306706284	05/27/2004	1771	238110	Lithko Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On May 26, 2004, several construction employees were finishing a concrete and terrazzo floor. Four of the seven employees were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Keywords: VAPOR, VENTILATION, CONSTRUCTION, INHALATION, EXHAUST FUMES, CHEMICAL VAPOR, POISONING, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE, CHEMICAL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306706284	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor
2	306706284	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	306706284	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	306706284	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
5	306706284	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
6	306706284	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
7	306706284	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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