Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202075602 - Employee dies of asphyxia when poisoned by carbon monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 202075602 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 12/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307147561	12/04/2003	3648	335129	Ge Lighting Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on December 4, 2003, Employee #1 of GE Lighting Systems, Incorporated, was working in an annealing area, where steel parts for ballast were being cooked in an annealing furnace. The gas for the furnace was created by the DX generator that used propane. That led to an oxygen deficient environment. The propane was converted into carbon monoxide, hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapor. Employee #1 was over-exposed to carbon monoxide at a level of 969 parts per million as an eight-hour Time-Weighted Average. He died of asphyxia.

Keywords: FURNACE, OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, STEEL, INHALATION, GAS, PROPANE, POISONING, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307147561			Fatality	Asphyxia	Machine operators, not specified

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