Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 672717 - TEN EMPLOYEES HOSPITALIZED DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE

Accident Summary Nr: 672717 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/08/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104240742	08/01/1989	5411	0	Sun Mart
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104240759	08/03/1989	7349	0	J & J Floor Care
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104240742	08/01/1989	5411	0	Sun Mart

Abstract: Ten Employee of a supermarket were engaged in unloading a truck. At approximately 3:00 a.m. on July 8, 1989, a contact floor cleaner crew came into the supermarket to do the usual early Friday morning floor cleaning. The two cleaning company employees were unaware that the nut on the needle valve of their gas powered floor scrubber had loosened allowing the production of excess carbon monoxide. The aisles were dirtier than usual and the cleaning took two hours instead of the usual one hour and fifteen minutes. The cleaning company employees did not suffer any ill effects; however, the ten employees of the supermarket were hospitalized for overexposure to carbon monoxide.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CLEANING, GASOLINE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
2	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
3	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
4	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
5	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
6	104240759			Occupation Not Listed
7	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
8	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
9	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
10	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities
11	104240742	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Sales workers, other commodities

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