Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202076030 - Three employees are overcome by carbon monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 202076030 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 07/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307878397	07/27/2004	1542	236220	G.E.M. Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: On July 26, 2004, a general contractor, G.E.M. Constructors, Inc., sub-contracted Newton's Concrete Finishing to perform concrete work in the basement of a Senior Center in Marion, NC. The employees of Newton's Concrete Finishing were using gas-powered trowels to perform the concrete work. Three employees of G.E.M. Constructors, Inc. were exposed to carbon monoxide and felt sick. They were taken to the hospital to have their blood tested for carbon monoxide levels. The employees of G.E.M. Constructors, Inc. were not hospitalized

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, CONCRETE SLAB, VENTILATION, CONSTRUCTION, INHALATION, EXHAUST FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE, CONCRETE, CHEMICAL

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307878397	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor
2	307878397	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor
3	307878397	Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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