OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221539406
PROTOTYPE AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC
CANTON, MI—
Event description
Employee is killed due to carbon monoxide poisoning
Investigation abstract
At 6:40 a.m. on February 21, 2023, an employee turned on and moved a gasoline-fueled vehicle approximately 20 feet from under the vehicle lift to near the overhead door within an unventilated workspace. The vehicle was going to be delivered to the customer the following day. The employee was exposed to hazardous levels of carbon monoxide, possibly from the vehicle while it was running during moving. The employee was killed due to carbon monoxide poisoning from vehicle exhaust.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 503
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.