Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14515290 - ASPHYXIATED WHILE CLEANING THE INSIDE OF A TANK TRAILER

Accident Summary Nr: 14515290 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 12/20/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2230001	01/03/1986	7699	0	Tank Clean Of America

Abstract: ON DECEMBER 20, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS INSIDE A TANK TRAILER. HE HAD BEEN CLEANING THE TANK, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED A SUBSTANCE CALLED CATIONIC UNIPRIME. THIS MATERIAL IS WATER SOLUBLE AND CONTAINS GLYCOL ETHER DERIVITIVES. THE EMPLOYER HAD NOT INSTITUTED ANY KIND OF CONFINED SPACE ENTRY PROCEDURE. IT APPEARS THAT THE EMPLOYEE DIED FROM OXYGEN DEPRIVATION.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, RESPIRATORY, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, TANK, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2230001			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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