Carbon Monoxide Kills 65 year-old Rancher in Colorado.

Details

• Personal Author:
  McKenzie, Lyle E.
• Corporate Authors:
  Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment
• Description:
  A 65 year-old rancher died inside a converted semi-truck trailer after being exposed to carbon monoxide from the exhaust of a portable gasoline engine-powered generator. The exhaust from the generator was vented to the outside with flexible ductwork placed through a small hole cut into the side of the trailer. On the night of the incident, the victim is thought to have pulled the generator away from the wall to refuel it, subsequently pulling the end of the exhaust tubing through the wall and into the trailer. The victim is thought to have pushed the generator back against the wall without noticing the displaced ductwork, started the generator and gone to bed to watch television. The victim was found by his wife the next morning when he failed to return home. The Colorado Department of Health investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Locate all gasoline-powered engines outside of any space utilized for work or living quarters
  
  2. Ensure that all users of gasoline powered engines are properly trained in their use and the hazards of carbon monoxide in a confined space
  
  3. Survey the work-site to identify hazards
  
  4. Inform all employees of possible hazards.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Agriculture
  • Confined Spaces
  • Construction Industry
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  More +
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 8
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Work-operations
  • Work-analysis
  • Work-areas
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Confined Space
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90CO063
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028558
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108999
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 90CO063, 1991 Jun ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  1997/09/29
• Resource Number:
  FACE-90CO063
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166555/cdc_166555_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.26 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:94cddb8486b46c83f4efa6ddbda3aa21517a5c1e2938500028adf416cf821e21a49e74b2ba0dc7b458e98c1aaaa9d50ab33f3f64cc023c1042b02ddae037fbe4