Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 566059 - Employee Dies When Asphyxiated by Fumes from Generator

Accident Summary Nr: 566059 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 09/18/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110365525	10/14/1992	0752	0	International Animal Exchange, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a gasoline-powered generator inside a small storage trailer. He was working alone, drilling holes in several pieces of lumber. He was overcome by combustion fumes and found dead in the trailer the following morning. The medical examiner ruled it an accidental death from acute carbon monoxide intoxication with 81-percent carboxyhemoglobin in the blood.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, ASPHYXIATED, VENTILATION, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, INHALATION, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN, CARBON MONOXIDE, ELECTRIC GENERATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110365525			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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