Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200677334 - Three Employees Are Asphyxiated from Argon in Cargo Hold

Accident Summary Nr: 200677334 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 05/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312146269	05/20/2008	4412	483111	Florida Transportation Services Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:15 a.m. on May 20, 2008, Employee #1, the supervisor, climbed down into the cargo hold of Bay 1 to verify a leak from a previously loaded argon tank. After approximately 15 minutes, the Port Captain observed that he was unconscious and requested that the cargo on top of the tank be removed in order to reach him. Employee #2 went into cargo hold to attempt a rescue of Employee #1, but gas immediately asphyxiated him. Employee #3 observed Employees #2 was suffocating and climbed down into the cargo hold to rescue him. The argon gas asphyxiated all employees.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, GAS, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312146269	Fatality	Asphyxia	Stevedores
2	312146269	Fatality	Asphyxia	Stevedores
3	312146269	Fatality	Asphyxia	Stevedores

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