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Accident: 201407053 - Three Employees Are Treated For Inhaling Carbon Monoxide

Accident: 201407053 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/16/2003
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30493105810/17/20031711Power 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
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:
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2 304931058 Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters FallDist:
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Cause: Demolition
FatCause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor
3 304931058 Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters FallDist:
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