OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506364
PAYNE & KELLER COMPANY
BATON ROUGE, LA—
Event description
CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #8 WERE ENGAGED IN A PIPE CONVERSION PROJECT IN A A DRILL S ITE BUILDING. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, A GAS-POWERED AIR COMPRESSOR WAS BROUG HT INSIDE THE BUILDING AND RUN FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS WITH INADEQUATE VENTILA TION. THE 8 EMPLOYEES EXHIBITED SUCH SYMPTOMS AS HEADACHES, NAUSEA, DROWSINESS A ND VERTIGO. THE BUILDING WAS FINALLY EVACUATED AT ABOUT 2 PM. EMPLOYEES # 2, 3 A ND 6 LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND WERE TRANSPORTED, ALONG WITH EMPLOYEE #1, TO THE HOS PITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE REMAINING EMPLOYEES WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN PRIVATE VEHICLES. THE BLOOD CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVELS OF THE 8 EMPLOYEES RANGED F ROM 14.2% TO 19.0%.
Victims (8)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 25
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0560
- Task assigned
- 1
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