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Accident Summary Nr: 200625614 - Employee Is Asphyxiated by Heptane

Accident Summary Nr: 200625614 -- Report ID: 0454722 -- Event Date: 02/02/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314125246	02/02/2010	7699	811310	D & D Consulting And Construction Llc

Abstract: At approximately 3:10 p.m. on February 2, 2010, Employee #1, of D & D Consulting and Construction LLC, entered a tank which previously contained heptane. He was later discovered unconscious. Emergency Management Services conducted air monitoring, which indicated that Employee #1 was exposed to heptane in an oxygen deficient atmosphere and in excess of IDLH. Employee #1 died from asphyxiation.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, VAPOR, AIR MONITORING, TOXIC ATMOSPHERE, AIR CONTAMINATION, HEPTANE, TOXIC FUMES

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314125246			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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