Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14449771 - Employee dies when asphyxiated by natural gas leak

Accident Summary Nr: 14449771 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 01/15/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107809295	01/18/1989	4922	0	Enron Gas Pipeline Operating Co.

Abstract: On Sunday, January 15, 1989, Employee #1 was sent to a regulator station that had been identified by the employer as Minneapolis I-P, to investigate a quality control monitoring equipment failure. A high pitched whistle was detected coming from the regulator building, a separate building. Employee #1 called the office at 12:20 p.m. for assistance. A responding technician found him at 1:00 p.m. in the regulator building. Apparently, Employee #1 entered the building to close a valve and isolate the gas leak, but was asphyxiated and died.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, NATURAL GAS, GAS LEAK, OVEREXPOSURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107809295			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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