Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570769 - Employee Overcome by Carbon Monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 201570769 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/10/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303676571	04/20/2001	1622	0	Rci Construction Goup, Robison Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was 3400 feet inside a tunnel conducting oxygen acetylene welding. He was overcome by carbon monoxide and later taken by life flight to the local hospital where he was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: OXYGEN, ACETYLENE, WELDING, POISONING, CARBON MONOXIDE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303676571			Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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