Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 29035.015 - Employee is found unresponsive in tank, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 29035.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/15/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
639918.015	09/17/2012		484230	New South Distribution Inc.

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on September 15, 2012, an employee was cleaning the 6,000 gallon tank of a tanker truck containing waste water, a process that is usually cleaned with water jets from the top of the tank. Also, with this process, workers are not required to enter the tank. For an unknown reason, however, the employee entered the tank with no cleaning tools and no PPE. When a coworker approached the truck to bring lunch to the employee, the employee was found unresponsive inside the tank. Emergency services were contacted and, upon arrival, discovered a low oxygen level inside the tanker. The employee was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died from asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Confined Space, Tank, Tank Cleaning, Tank Truck, Toxic Atmosphere

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	639918.015	38	M	Fatality

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