Incident date: 2020-05-18
NAICS industry code: 236220

Two employees were using a propane-powered saw indoors to cut concrete. They began to feel sick, stopped work, and went to the doorway for some fresh air. One of them lost consciousness and was hospitalized, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Carbon monoxide
code_nature: title: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate