Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 173709.015 - Employee dies from unknown causes after found in paint booth
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1799884.015 | 01/24/2025 | 333994 | Power Flame, Inc |
Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on January 24, 2025, Employee #1 was working as an assembler for an industrial furnace and oven manufacturer was working inside a powder coating booth. The facility powder coats metal parts with a variety of products, that includes Sky White powder coating. Employees wear either a supplied air respirator or a tight-fitting air purifying respirator. Employee #1 was wearing a Tyvek suit with an air supplied respirator equipped with a hood at the time. He had been working for less than an hour in the booth when he was found unresponsive laying on the floor. Employee #1 died from unknown causes. Several possible sources of contamination into the breathing air system are under investigation, including the compressor being located in a parking lot, the potential for nitrogen to be introduced into the breathing air system and breathing air that did not meet Grade D requirements.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1799884.015 | 24 | M | Fatality | Assemblers |