Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14449839 - Employee dies of asphyxia

Accident Summary Nr: 14449839 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/15/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111683660	04/15/1991	1721	0	Koch Refining Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111683843	04/17/1991	1751	0	Graus Construction Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111683835	04/17/1991	1796	0	Collens & Associates, Technical Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111683850	04/17/1991	1742	0	Merit Insulation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111683801	04/17/1991	1799	0	Vic'S Welding & Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to clean the header bolts at the top of a reactor. The reactor was under a nitrogen purge. The vent port for the nitrogen was the header. A plastic cover was placed over the top of the reactor. The employee crawled under the plastic cover and died of asphyxia in the oxygen-deficient atmosphere.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, ASPHYXIATED, CLEANING, REACTOR, CONSTRUCTION, NITROGEN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111683660	Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec
2	111683843			Occupation Not Listed
3	111683835			Occupation Not Listed
4	111683850			Occupation Not Listed
5	111683801			Occupation Not Listed

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