Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201640075 - Carbon Monoxide Kills One Employee And Injures Another

Accident Summary Nr: 201640075 -- Report ID: 0552621 -- Event Date: 08/08/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125135293	08/08/2003	1721	238320	Mieras Painting

Abstract: On August 7 and 8, 2003, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were over exposed to carbon monoxide while conducting spray-finishing operations in a manufacturing plant undergoing renovation. The employees were utilizing a Snorkel-lift A50 boom-lift, Model Number TBA50R and Serial Number 864711186. The lift was propane and gasoline fueled. The employee exposures were calculated to be approximately 80 parts-per-million and 93 parts-per-million respectively. Both employees received emergency room treatment and Employee#1 was declared dead. A subsequent autopsy ruled the death an accident due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with exposure to carbon monoxide contributing to the death.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, POISONING, CARBON MONOXIDE, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125135293			Fatality	Poisoning(Systemic)	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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