Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia

Name: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Toll Bros, Inc.
Start: 4/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018044057 · 4/27/2018 · Toll Bros, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Carbon monoxide
Secondary source: Power washers

Employer

Name: Toll Bros, Inc.
Location: *550 Hercules Road - Greenville Overlook, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19808
NAICS: 236115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a gas-powered pressure washer inside the basement of a residential construction site to wash out the concrete floor when he started to feel dizzy and was overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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