Relatives of an Oregon worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while defecating in the back of a company truck seek $4 million in a lawsuit filed against the man’s former employer and four other companies.
The suit filed last month says 22-year-old Andrew Lane suffered from irritable bowel syndrome.
On May 13, 2014, he was on a crew working on a home near Portland. Lane’s employer, Superior Home Maintenance, provided a bucket in the truck for employees to use at work sites that lacked facilities, according to the lawsuit and documents from Oregon OSHA, which investigated the death.
The workers lacked permission to use the bathroom at the house, and the nearest off-site toilet was eight minutes away, according to OSHA report.
Lane needed a toilet and while in the truck, carbon monoxide from the gas-powered pressure washer filled the vehicle. Co-workers found him unconscious and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A report says the crew visited a restaurant 20 minutes before Lane entered the truck to use the bucket.
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