Incident date: 2016-02-04
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was washing trucks inside a wash bay and began to feel light headed. The employee was hospitalized due to CO exposure. It was determined that the cause of the CO was an improperly installed vent pipe on the newly installed pressure washer system.

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