Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145628.015 - Employee is killed due to asphyxiation

Accident Summary Nr: 145628.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 04/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1591176.015	04/20/2022		332312	Titan Metal Fabricators, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on April 19, 2022, an employee was back welding inside a spool vessel (titanium pipe) that was 24 inches in diameter. The employee asphyxiated due to the displacement of oxygen by argon gas.

Keywords: Argon, Asphyxiated, Vessel--Container, Welding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1591176.015	35	M	Fatality

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