Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200675544 - Employee Dies Of Carbon Monoxide Exposure
Accident: 200675544 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/01/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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308407709 | 08/02/2005 | 3272 | Coreslab Structures (Miami) Inc. | ||||
On August 1, 2005, Employee #1 was sandblasting a precast panel while wearing a respirator hood that was fed by an air compressor. When the air compressor overheated, a hose carrying the liquid coolant failed. Carbon monoxide from the overheated coolant then entered the respirator's air line. Employee #1 died of carbon monoxide exposure. | |||||||
Keywords:
air line respirator, compressed air, inhalation, gas, hose, overheated, air line, sandblasting, carbon monoxide, respirator
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 308407709 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |