Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stanley Steemer International, Inc., 761 Fifth Avenue, KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406
on — Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
Three employees were using a cleaning vehicle to clean a bay floor inside a garage. The employees felt nauseous, lightheaded and weak after running the gasoline-powered cleaning equipment for approximately two hours with the garage doors closed. Two employees were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSCarbon monoxide
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