Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202354924 - Employee suffers carbon monoxide poisoning

Accident Summary Nr: 202354924 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 05/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307877027	05/26/2004	1711	238910	Around The Clock Plumbing & Heating, Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on May 26, 2004, an employee was found unconscious on the job site. The employee had been cutting concrete with a gas-powered MK-1600 Diamond Product concrete saw. According to the ambulance report, the employee suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. The fire department that responded to the accident and recorded carbon monoxide levels of 1,811 ppm in the establishment. The establishment was then ventilated with three industrial size fans and the door of the establishment was open. When an inspection was conducted approximately two hours later, the CO levels had decreased to 3 ppm. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: VAPOR, VENTILATION, CONSTRUCTION, SAW, EXHAUST FUMES, CHEMICAL VAPOR, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE, CHEMICAL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307877027			Non Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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