Accident: 170205173 - Injured When Struck By Falling Beam

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on November 9, 2000, employees of the Hathaway-Dinwiddie Construction Company were stripping the deck of 2 by 4 falsework when part of the deck popped loose and knocked an 8 in. by 8 in. by 7 ft beam toward Employee #1. He was standing directly in front of the beam and could not get away in time. The beam fell, striking his head, face, nose, left hand, and knee. Employee #1 was stunned and felt slightly dizzy, but did not lose consciousness. No accident-related violations were found in connection with this incident.

construction, face, falling object, struck against, struck by, hand, beam, dizziness

Accident: 784710 - Injured In Fall While Cleaning Tanker Trailer

At 10:35 a.m. on May 9, 2000, Employee #1, age 19, was using a high pressure sprayer to clean the inside of a tanker trailer. He either was standing on platforms near the top of the trailer or was on the fixed ladder on the side of the trailer. Employee #1 apparently became overcome by the smell of the chicken blood being hauled in the trailer and fell from the trailer. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

tank truck, tank truck, cleaning, dizziness, fall, vapor, overexposure, inhalation, truck

Accident: 170239297 - Dies Of Natural Causes

Employee #1 was walking upstairs to do a presentation at the headquarters of the Brown & Cole Corporation, an independent retailers office. He was in the lobby when he complained of dizziness and had slurred speech. The receptionist had him sit down and then went to get some water. When she came back, he was unconscious. The receptionist called 911, and paramedics responded. They worked on him for approximately one hour before he was declared dead. Employee #1 died of natural causes.

dizziness, unconsciousness

Accident: 125804799 - Employees Suffer From Exposure To Carbon Monoxide

On March 3, 1999, Employees #1 through #13 and coworkers, including cashiers, stock clerks, and a meat cutter, arrived for work at a grocery store in Lodi, CA. A contractor had been operating a power buffer that morning before the store opened. The power buffer was propane-powered, but the contractor had been using a canister of liquid propane instead of a canister of propane gas. As a result, an excessive amount of carbon monoxide had built up throughout the store. Employees began to experience symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, headache, weakness, and chest tightness. The Lodi Fire Department was called and it measured a carbon monoxide level of 160 ppm upon entering the store. The store was evacuated and Employees #1 through #13 were sent to the hospital for evaluation, then released. Factors contributing to the incident included failure of the store to monitor the air for carbon monoxide; improper use of the power buffer by the contractor; and lack of knowledge on the part of the employer of the symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure. The employer was cited for 1) failure to inspect the power buffer, even though it was a new piece of equipment brought to the work site; 2) failure to conduct carbon monoxide measurements when employees exhibited symptoms of overexposure; and 3) a missing cover plate/circuit breaker on an electrical panel.

carbon monoxide, overexposure, inhalation, work rules, exhaust fumes, dizziness, nausea, poisoning, portable power tool, air contamination

Accident: 170238570 - Has Heart Attack, Dies Of Cardiovascular Disease

At 2:30 p.m. on August 31, 1998, Employee #1 was returning to his work area after mixing a small cup of paint primer. He passed by a coworker, stopped, turned around, and ran into the coworker. Employee #1 staggered backward and fell to the concrete floor, striking first his buttocks and then his head. His glasses and ear protectors were knocked off when he hit the floor. Employee #1 bit his tongue and appeared dazed and disoriented, but he remained conscious. His coworkers had noticed on two other occasions that he had appeared pale and was sweating profusely. Emergency 911 was called and he was taken to the hospital for treatment of an apparent heart attack. He was subsequently determined to have a skull fracture, subdural hemorrhage, and cerebral contusions. At 3:30 a.m. on September 8, 1998, Employee #1 died of acute myocardial infarct due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

heart attack, head, contusion, heart, cardiovasc disease, dizziness, fracture, hemorrhage, fall

Accident: 170616122 - Fingers Caught In Chain And Sprocket Drive

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on May 21, 1998, Employee #1 was adding water and chemicals into a nurse tank on a Royal bean spray rig when he became dizzy. He was stepping down from the work platform when his right hand became caught in the sprayer's moving chain and sprocket drive, partially amputating two fingers. He was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, CA, for treatment.

dizziness, descending, sprocket, chain, farm machinery, amputated, work rules, finger, agriculture, nip point

Accident: 771485 - Seven Ill After Exposure To Unknown Vapors

At approximately 8:45 p.m. on March 22, 1998, DFW employees had opened the door to a MS carrier, route MC649, from Memphis, TN. The carrier trailer truck was loaded with five AMJ-type containers. Three pure Unit Load Devices (ULDs), a type of AMJ, had already been unloaded and tagged for outbound trucks. The off-load team was unloading two mixed ULDs for relocation to the download area when its members, drivers, D6 specialist, and other employees within the area began to feel dizzy, with a burning sensation in their throats. Employees #1 through #7 were transferred to the hospital for treatment of exposure to an unknown substance.

off loading, inhalation, air contamination, chemical vapor, dizziness, throat, vapor, gas

Accident: 170014070 - Dies Of Apparent Heart Attack

At 10:50 a.m. on March 20, 1998, Employee #1 was sitting in the passenger's side of a parked pickup truck, looking for parts. As he left the truck, he felt dizzy and steadied himself on the truck. A coworker helped him sit down on the driver's side of the vehicle, but Employee #1 then collapsed into unconsciousness. The coworker called 911 and help arrived within five minutes. Employee #1 was transported to Overlake Hospital, where he died. The Medical Investigator listed the cause of death as a heart attack.

heart, dizziness, heart attack, construction, unconsciousness