Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200831626 - One Employee Is Killed, One Is Sickened by Carbon Monoxide

Accident Summary Nr: 200831626 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 10/29/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313432551	10/30/2011	0781	541690	Anibal Landscaping Corp.

Abstract: On October 29, 2011, Employees #1 and #2 were in the back of a box truck, returning from a landscaping job in the Bronx. The employees were cold, and they started up a gas-powered lawn motor for heat. Both employees were overcome by carbon monoxide. Employee #1 was pronounced DOA (dead on arrival) at Jamaica Hospital. Employee #2 was in critical condition, and he was transferred to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: INHALATION, GAS, LAWN MOWER, TRUCK, EXHAUST FUMES, POISONING, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313432551			Fatality	Asphyxia	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm
2	313432551			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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