Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160306.015 - Employee dies due to asphyxiation from oxygen displacement

Accident Summary Nr: 160306.015 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 05/11/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1699860.015	09/27/2023		213112	Energy Contract Services, Llc

Abstract: At 8:04 a.m. on May 11, 2023, an employee working for an oil and gas support services company was found dead. On 5/10/23, the night before, the employee had instructed his coworkers from other contractors to go home, and he would finish the job up. This was the last time anyone had spoken to the employee until he was found deceased. The employee had been pressure testing a pipe with nitrogen. The pipe had been opened and nitrogen was leaking into the ambient environment. The employee was asphyxiated due to the displacement of oxygen causing his death.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Cardiovasc System, Gas, Gas Well, Lack of oxygen, Leak, Lung, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Nitrogen, Oil Well Drilling/Servicing, Oil Well Servicing, Oxygen, Oxygen Deficiency, Pipe, Respiratory Tract, Testing, Working Alone

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1699860.015	58	M	Fatality		Inspectors, testers and graders

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