Incident date: 2017-06-28
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was using a propane welding machine, set at ground level, while standing in a scissor lift inside an empty room under construction when the employee experienced headaches, dizziness, nausea, and fatigue due to carbon monoxide exposure. These symptoms developed slowly over approximately five hours.

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