Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 51786.015 - Employee's air respirator malfunctions and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 51786.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/31/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
936804.015	08/31/2013		238990	Centennial Moisture Control, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:18 a.m. on August 31, 2013, Employee #1 was wearing a supplied-air respirator to sandblast the seating bowl area of an indoor arena. The breathing hose to the airline respirator was connected to an airline filter. The inlet side of the airline filter was connected to a pneumatic hose that was connected to other pneumatic hoses in a series. The inlet side of the upstream pneumatic hose was connected to the discharge side of a diesel-driven Ingersoll rand air compressor which was stationed underneath the arena crash wall. The air compressor malfunctioned and began to smoke, causing the employee to breathe the contaminated air. The air compressor was not situated to prevent entry of the contaminated air into the air-supply system; and the airline filter was not capable of removing carbon monoxide and other toxic gases from the air stream. Employee #1 collapsed to the ground floor and was found unresponsive by coworkers. The employee was pronounced dead at the site.

Keywords: Air Line, Air Line Respirator, Asphyxiated, Chemical Vapor, Collapse, Compressor, Hose, Sandblasting, Unconsciousness

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	936804.015	52	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Stripping and curing concrete Fatality Cause:

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