OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14415301
SHONEY'S RESTAURANT
LEE'S SUMMIT, MO—
Event description
EMPLOYEES EXPOSED THEMSELVES TO NITROUS OXIDE
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 11, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM, THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR OF THE RESTAURANT D DID NOT REALIZE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN THEY PASSED OUT. RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT HAS SINCE REMOVED ALL NITROUS OXIDE. RETURNED FROM MAKING A BANK DEPOSIT NEXT DOOR. SHE HAD BEEN GONE ABOUT 3 MINUTES . SHE FOUND EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 ON THE FLOOR WITH GARBAGE BAGS ON THEIR HEADS. E MPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT MOVING AT ALL AND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS BARELY MOVING. THE SHIFT SU PERVISOR PULLED THE BAGS OFF AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR THE POLICE AND MEDICAL A SSISTANCE. THEY ARRIVED SOON THEREAFTER. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 APPARENTLY FILLED T HE BAGS WITH NITROUS OXIDE FROM THE SUPPLY ROOM AND PLACED THEM OVER THEIR HEADS JUST A FEW FEET OUTSIDE THE ROOM. EMPLOYEE #1 HIT HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF A MET AL CART WHEN HE PASSED OUT. THE EMPLOYEES WERE APPARENTLY ENJOYING THE "HIGH" AN
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1953
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1953
- Task assigned
- 1
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