Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia

Name: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Fort Worth Meat Packers
Start: 10/28/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022109478 · 10/28/2022 · Fort Worth Meat Packers

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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Fort Worth Meat Packers
Location: 3801 North Grove Street, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A gas-powered forklift was inside the grinding department for approximately one hour. An employee began to have blurry vision, dizziness, nausea, fainting episodes, and seizures and was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown