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Accident Summary Nr: 14204002 - EMPLOYEE ASPHYXIATED BY OVERHEATED AIR COMPRESSOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14204002 -- Report ID: 1054194 -- Event Date: 06/14/1984
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1505353106/14/198414290Conser Quarry Inc

Abstract: An employee of Conser Quarry Incorporated was working alone sandblasting a Caterpillar vehicle, prior to painting it. While doing the work, the employee was wearing a supplied-air helmet, with breathing air provided by a more than 20 year old, Schramm oil-lubricated air compressor. Because the air compressor lacked a high temperature alarm, or a carbon monoxide alarm, when it overheated, it ignited oil mist and oil residue inside the compressed air tank. The employee died of asphyxiation due to insufficient oxygen and elevated levels of carbon monoxide.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, SANDBLASTING, CARBON MONOXIDE, RESPIRATOR

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 15053531 Fatality Asphyxia Occupation not reported

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