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Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2040715 - Town Offset

Inspection Information - Office: Hasbrouck Heights Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 2040715
Report ID: 0214500
Date Opened: 04/01/1985

Site Address:
Town Offset
75 Broad Hut
Carlstadt, NJ 07072

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2759

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 06/19/1985

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/26/1985

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360571830

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14491211
Event: 04/01/1985
Nine employees hospitalized after inhaling carbon monoxide

At 9:30 a.m., Employees #1 through #9 began to experience slight to severe headaches. At 12 noon, police ambulances were called. The employees were taken to Riverside and Hackensack Hospitals, where their blood carbon monoxide levels read as high as 17 percent. The gas utility was called in at 12:30 p.m. and recommended that the building be evacuated. The utility tested for natural gas and carbon monoxide, but found none. It also examined one of two water heaters in the immediate area and shut it down. The flue pipe on the roof was rusty and the burners were not burning efficiently.

Keywords: VENTILATION, INADEQUATE MAINT, WORK RULES, INHALATION, CHEMICAL VAPOR, POISONING, OVEREXPOSURE, WATER HEATER, CARBON MONOXIDE

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
2 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
3 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
4 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
5 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
6 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
7 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
8 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
9 2040715 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Occupation not reported
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