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Accident Summary Nr: 904300 - Employees are exposed to CO, two are hospitalized

Accident Summary Nr: 904300 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 02/12/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115001240	02/12/1991	1629	0	Songer Corp Uss Gary Works
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115001257	02/13/1991	3316	0	U.S. Steel Gary Works

Abstract: At approximately 11:35 p.m. on February 12, 1991, Employees #1 through #30 returned from a lunch break to clean brick from the walls inside blast furnace #13. After working for approximately 20 minutes, the employees became very weak and began to suffer shortness of breath. Approximately 10 minutes later, an employee passed out. Carbon monoxide had been seeping into the furnace. The employees were unaware of it because a carbon monoxide monitoring system was not installed. Some employees were able to climb a ladder to safety. Others had to be pulled out with a rope. Employees #8 and #29 were hospitalized.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, OVEREXPOSURE, CARBON MONOXIDE, FURNACE, CONFINED SPACE, BLAST FURNACE, CONSTRUCTION, FAINTED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
2	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
3	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
4	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
5	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
6	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
7	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
8	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
9	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
10	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
11	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
12	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
13	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
14	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
15	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
16	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
17	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
18	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
19	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
20	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
21	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
22	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
23	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
24	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
25	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
26	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
27	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
28	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
29	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
30	115001240	Non Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction
31	115001257			Occupation Not Listed

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