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Accident: 856930 - Employees Hospitalized For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Accident: 856930 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/03/1997
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30021663707/09/19978331Elm City Center
On July 3, 1997, temporary Employees #1 through #5 were packaging parts when they were overcome by carbon monoxide that was being produced by an lp powered forklift. Employees #1, #2, and #3 were hospitalized. The forklift had a non-functioning exhaust purifier that had been installed in 1993. Ventilation inside the building was poor.
Keywords: ventilation, inadequate maint, work rules, inhalation, industrial truck, exhaust fumes, poisoning, overexposure, carbon monoxide, mech malfunction
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 300216637 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Hand packers and packagers
2 300216637 Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Hand packers and packagers
3 300216637 Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Hand packers and packagers
4 300216637 Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Hand packers and packagers
5 300216637 Non Hospitalized injury Poisoning(Systemic) Hand packers and packagers

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