OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14199780
J. L. WEINSTEIN COMPANY INCORPORATED
JESSUP, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was rotating produce using a Clark propane powered industrial lift t rboxyhemoglobin blood count, it was calculated that his 8-hr TWA exposure to car bon monoxide was in a range of 208 to 357 ppm. Sampling of the lift trucks exhau st showed it emitting 350 ppm of carbon monoxide. Employee #1 was hospitalized f or carbon monoxide poisoning. ruck (Serial No. 235, -1473, -2282) in an enclosed, refrigerated room. The room was approximately 56 ft long by 26 ft wide by 18 feet high with an 8-ft by 8-ft door, covered by hinging, overlapping plastic strips. Employee #1 ran the propan e powered lift truck for 1.5 hours and then stopped after he was warned by fello w employees of the dangers associated with running the lift truck in the unventi lated room for an extended period of time. He went back into the room and ran th e lift truck for an additional three hours. The employee began to feel weak with dimmed vision, a rapid heartbeat, and experienced impaired hearing. From his ca
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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