CA Storage: Respiration Halted for Fruit and People

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
• Description:
  In 2008, a 59-year-old male employee at a fruit storage facility located on a farm died after entering a controlled atmosphere (CA) apple storage room containing less than 3% oxygen (O2). The decedent removed the Plexiglas window's wing nuts and climbed through the opening of the CA door. He was working alone. He was found by the farm owner in the room. The farm owner took a deep breath and leaned his upper body through the CA door opening and pulled the decedent to the door. After calling for emergency response, the farm owner took another deep breath, again leaned into the room and removed the decedent. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Confined Spaces Occupational Health Oxygen Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Accidents Confined-spaces Hazards Humans Injuries Oxygen-deficient-atmospheres Traumatic-injuries Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041143
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Department of Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, HA#12, 2011 May; :1
• Email:
  debra.chester@ht.msu.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Dichloromethane (CAS RN 75-09-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State Department of Labor and Economic Growth
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  CA storage: respiration halted for fruit and people
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:17e9c86464697f38b95e57d16c158d1af116cc79d4840d7bf740c77a0851b295971b227224d2942842d7be4f8afcddfe7ffad362f2c0305813a5aa66a9d1c0e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228665/cdc_228665_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 883.32 KB ]