Incident date: 2023-01-31
NAICS industry code: 488210

A 48-inch steel pipe was being installed under railroad tracks. The pipe encountered an old timber bridge. The employee entered the pipe with a gas-powered chainsaw to cut out the obstruction. Afterwards, the employee became dizzy and fell. He was hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Carbon monoxide
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate