Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165771.015 - Employee dies from asphyxia when overcome by natural gas

Accident Summary Nr: 165771.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 04/15/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1741512.015	04/16/2024		221210	Southern Company Gas

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on April 15, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a power company was repairing residential gas line that had been leaking. The employee was digging a hole to the gas pipe. The homeowner found the employee unresponsive with the upper half of his body in the excavation. The employee had died from asphyxia after being overcome by gas.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Chemical, Chemical Exposure, Excavation, Gas, Gas Leak, Hole, Inhalation, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Leak, Lung, Natural Gas, Overcome by gas, Pipeline, Repair, Unresponsive

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1741512.015	21	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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