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Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 135211.015 Event: 04/19/2021Employee Is Killed From Overexposure To Carbon Monoxide
At 9:00 p.m. on April 19, 2021, an employee was cleaning in a hallway while a co worker used a gasoline powered Honda power washer to clean hog stalls in an agri cultural building. The employee was killed from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Keywords: agriculture, animal, asphyxiated, carbon monoxide, carboxyhemoglobin, chemical, chemical exposure, chemical vapor, cleaning, gasoline, inexperience, inhalation, lung, multi-employer worksite, multiemployer, overexpo
Inspection Degree Nature Occupation
1 1526404.015 Fatality Laborers, except construction

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