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Accident Summary Nr: 200372266 - Two Employees Die of Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure

Accident Summary Nr: 200372266 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 07/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300268760	07/18/2002	8734	0	General Engineering Laboratories

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were conducting a land survey to establish horizontal coordinates and elevations for a new sewer line. They entered a manhole leading to a 16 ft deep junction box, when they were overcome by sewer gas. Some workers at a nearby manufacturing facility became aware of a rotten egg odor and began to search for the source. One worker peered through the open manhole and saw Employees #1 and #2. They died of asphyxiation from the hydrogen sulfide fumes.

Keywords: SEWER, ASPHYXIATED, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, WORK RULES, MANHOLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300268760			Fatality	Asphyxia	Surveyors and mapping scientists
2	300268760			Fatality	Asphyxia	Surveyors and mapping scientists

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