Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201407053 - Three Employees Are Treated For Inhaling Carbon Monoxide
Accident: 201407053 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/16/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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304931058 | 10/17/2003 | 1711 | Power Process Piping Inc | ||||
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on October 16, 2003, Employees #1, #2, and #3, working for Power Process Piping, Inc., were overcome by carbon monoxide gas while replacing a valve on a 6-inch steam line at U.S. Steel's Zug Island facility. All three employees were hospitalized overnight for treatment for systemic poisoning. | |||||||
Keywords:
lung, steam line, steel, pipe, carboxyhemoglobin, poisoning, carbon monoxide
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Alteration or rehabilitation | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 304931058 | Hospitalized injury | Poisoning(Systemic) | Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: |
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2 | 304931058 | Hospitalized injury | Poisoning(Systemic) | Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor |
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3 | 304931058 | Hospitalized injury | Poisoning(Systemic) | Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: |