Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200356145 - Two Employees Are Killed When Overexposed to Carbon Monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 200356145 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 02/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310503784	02/17/2007	1731	238210	Wheeler Electrical Company

Abstract: On February 17, 2007 two employees were using an 8-horsepower MK-1600 concrete saw to cut a trench in the floor of a 12-ft wide by 18- ft long by 9-ft high conference room. The employees were exposed to 245.9 parts-per-million to 236.6 parts-per-million of carbon monoxide over a 75 minute period, resulting in an overexposure to carbon monoxide of 4.92 to 4.73 times the 8 hour time-weighted-average allowed in construction. Both employees were killed.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, SAW, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310503784			Fatality	Asphyxia	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor
2	310503784			Fatality	Asphyxia	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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