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Accident: 170063762 - Employees Suffer Carbon Monoxide Exposure From Forklift

Accident: 170063762 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/10/1991
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1845482712/11/19912281Mortex Apparel Corp. Dba Knits Unlimited
Employees #1 through #8 were operating knitting machines in the main production area. Another worker was using a Toyota forklift truck, model 40- 4FG10, serial #40FG18-20152, to transport materials into and out of the production area. Employees #1 through #8 experienced nausea and dizziness. They were treated with oxygen and released from local hospitals without being admitted. Ambient carbon monoxide levels were determined to be approximately 88 ppm based on carboxyhemoglobin analysis (using conservative assumptions). Total exposure time was approximately 4 hours. The ventilation was poor and the forklift not well maintained.
Keywords: ventilation, inadequate maint, inhalation, nausea, industrial truck, dizziness, carboxyhemoglobin, overexposure, carbon monoxide
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
2 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
3 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
4 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
5 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
6 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
7 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators
8 18454827 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Knitting, looping, taping & weaving mach.operators

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