Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 690073 - THREE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE

Accident Summary Nr: 690073 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 01/20/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104581582	01/21/1987	1771	0	Jesco, Inc.

Abstract: AT 2:30 PM ON JANUARY 20 1987, EMPLOYEES # 1, 2, AND 3 WERE SURFACE FINISHING THE CONCRETE FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING BASEMENT. THE CONCRETE WAS BEGINING TO HARDEN FASTER THAN HAND TROWELING COULD KEEP UP WITH, SO THE THREE EMPLOYEES SWITCHED TO TROWELING WITH GAS-OPERATED POWER TROWELS. THE MACHINES WERE USED IN TWO ISOLATED CONFINED ROOMS WHICH WERE UNVENTILATED. THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE OVERCOME BY FUMES AND HAD TO LEAVE THE WORK AREA. MEDICAL TREATMENT CONSISTED OF THE USE OF A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER AND OBSERVATION FOR 24 HOURS. THE EMPLOYEES' BLOOD COUNTS WERE 31 TO 36% (?) CO.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, VENTILATION, CONSTRUCTION, INHALATION, EXHAUST FUMES, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104581582	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
2	104581582	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
3	104581582	Hospitalized injury	Poisoning(Systemic)	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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