Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1000942 - Employee dies of asphyxiation in pipeline

Accident Summary Nr: 1000942 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 12/26/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125290148	12/27/1994	1623	0	Carl E. Smith, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 entered a 24 in. natural gas pipeline to check a weld he had made from the outside on two pieces of metal pipe. He did not know that nitrogen was in the line and that he was crawling into an oxygen deficient atmosphere. He died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, NATURAL GAS, PIPELINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125290148			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

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