Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094380 - Two employees die of asphyxia in chemical tank

Accident Summary Nr: 201094380 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 08/02/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126134410	08/03/2000	7363	0	Progressive Land Management

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 told to clean out the residue on the bottom of a 1,000 gallon chemical tank. The next day, the wife of one of the employees went to the manager and told him that her husband had not come home that night. The manager started looking for the two missing men and noticed a baseball cap and a cell phone on top of one of the tanks. He walked over to the tank, looked in, and saw Employees #1 and #2 lying at the bottom. Emergency Services was called, but Employees #1 and #2 were pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, PPE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, INHALATION, STORAGE TANK, CHEMICAL VAPOR, OVEREXPOSURE, CHEMICAL, RESPIRATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126134410			Fatality	Asphyxia	Farm workers
2	126134410			Fatality	Asphyxia	Farm workers

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