Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 997023 - EMPLOYEE DIES FROM ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION

Accident Summary Nr: 997023 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/01/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107924326	10/05/1989	5713	0	Dave Miller'S Carpet And It'S Successors

Abstract: From 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on October 1, 1989, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working in an unventilated 32,900 cubic foot warehouse periodically operating a propane powered forklift truck. Employee #1 and Employee #2 then left and drove five miles to a parking lot and at 12:20 p.m. Employee # 1 passed out suffering a cardiopulmonary arrest and died. At 1:10 p.m. Employee #1 and Employee #2 had their arterial blood gas taken which showed 16.2 percent Coh6. At 3:30 p.m. Employee #2 was admitted to a hospital and treated with oxygen therapy. A second blood gas test of Employee #2 showed 14.4 percent Coh6. At 4:00 p.m. a detector tube probe of the forklift truck showed a CO emission concentration of three percent. The corner documented cause of death for Employee #1 was from acute myocardial infraction and not related to CO exposure.

Keywords: VENTILATION, WAREHOUSE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PROPANE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107924326			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators
2	107924326			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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