Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200357176 - Two Employees Suffer from Carbon Monoxide Exposure
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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312447303 | 08/26/2008 | 1623 | 237110 | Harrelson Utilities, Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on August 25, 2008, Employee #1 began using a portable gas powered concrete saw at the bottom of 22-ft deep by 8-ft wide sanitary sewer manhole structure. Employee #2 was assisting Employee #1 by providing fuel and holding a fan adjacent to Employee #1. The fan was lowered into the hole through the use of a rope. The fan was not connected to a fresh air supply. Employees were wearing inappropriate respiratory protection. At 1:45 p.m., Employee #1 began to show signs of carbon monoxide, CO, overexposure. As Employee #2 began to assist Employee #1, he too began to show signs of CO overexposure. Employee #2 cried to the foreman at the surface to call for emergency services. The foreman called emergency medical services at approximately 2:00 p.m. At 2:09 p.m., the fire department arrived and began to ventilate the manhole. The employees were removed from the space and sent for medical treatment. The employees were not hospitalized.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Pipeline | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 22 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 312447303 | Non Hospitalized injury | Asphyxia | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |
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2 | 312447303 | Non Hospitalized injury | Asphyxia | Construction laborers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |