Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159159 - Two Employees Are Asphyxiated by Carbon Monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 201159159 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/05/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300864774	02/06/2004	1743	238340	Discount Ceramic Tiles Of Riverside

Abstract: Sometime in the evening on February 5, 2004, Employees #1 and #2 were laying ceramic tile within a closed single family structure under construction. They were utilizing a gasoline-powered generator, Honda, Model Number EB3000, Serial Number GCAE-1932433, located in the garage to provide electricity for the electric powered mixing and cutting devices, which were used to affect the ceramic tile laying operation. Employees #1 and #2 were operating a gasoline-powered electric generator within a closed structure that lacked any exhaust ventilation devices. Since all doors and windows were closed, Employees #1 and #2 were exposed to a lethal concentration of carbon monoxide gas. They were asphyxiated. Employees #1 and #2 were found dead the following morning in the master bathroom of the single floor residence.

Keywords: EXHAUST SYSTEM, ASPHYXIATED, INHALATION, GAS, GASOLINE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300864774			Fatality	Other	Tile setters, hard and soft	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Other
2	300864774			Fatality	Other	Tile setters, hard and soft	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Other

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