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Accident: 200901650 - Three Employees Exposed To Carbon Monoxide And Hospitalized

Accident: 200901650 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 05/25/2005
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30740819505/27/20055531Autozone, Inc.
Three employees were working in a retail store while a contractor was buffing the floor, using a propane powered floor buffer. One employee collapsed unconscious and Emergency Services transported the victim to the hospital emergency room. The two other employees felt ill and went to the emergency room. All three employees were hospitalized and treated in a hyperbaric chamber and survived.
Keywords: unconsciousness, asphyxiated, propane, carbon monoxide
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 307408195 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations
2 307408195 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Sales counter clerks
3 307408195 Hospitalized injury Asphyxia Sales counter clerks

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