Incident date: 2017-10-22
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was using a gas-powered pressure washer to clean the inside of a walk-in cooler. The gas pressure washer was placed outside of the cooler in the production area. After completing the job, he became ill from carbon monoxide poisoning, requiring hospitalization.

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