Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200781532 - Employee died of asphyxiation

Accident Summary Nr: 200781532 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303908594	01/17/2001	3449	0	Turner International Piping Systems

Abstract: An employee scrawled into a 24-inch OD steel pipe that had been purged with argon gas before the pipe was purged with air adequately. The employee died of asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, PIPELINE, PIPE, PURGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303908594			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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