Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 148226.015 - Employee dies from overexposure to Nitrogen gas
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1596902.015 | 05/19/2022 | 334511 | Northrop Grumman Corporation |
Abstract: At 8:38 a.m. on May 19, 2022, an employee purged the Nitrogen lines of the battery freezers in a lab room and the freezers filled up with Nitrogen gas. The victim closed himself into one of the freezers, where he eventually died from the overexposure to Nitrogen gas and lack of oxygen.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1596902.015 | 47 | M | Fatality | Electrical and electronic engineers |